Re: evolutionary advantages to apparent repro disadvantages

From: Eliezer S. Yudkowsky (sentience@pobox.com)
Date: Thu Feb 24 2000 - 11:34:25 MST


Spike Jones wrote:
>
> Eliezer S. Yudkowsky wrote:
>
> > By the way, Spike, you do realize how that process works and why, right?
> > Because if not, you should be aware that for the past four years I've
> > had a webpage up which explains the whole thing.
> >
> > http://pobox.com/~sentience/algernon.html
>
> WOW! How the hell do you do this Eliezer? You have evidently
> discovered and are secretly hoarding the legendary fountain of smart.

"Secretly hoarding?"
For the past four years I've had a webpage up...

> Hand it over! Seriously, how could you possibly have figured all
> this out by the time you were 17? spike

My neurohacking knowledge isn't exactly theoretical.
Does that answer both sides of your question?

Yours,
Eliezer.

(PS: 16, actually. No later than 1/20/96, according to file creation dates.)

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       sentience@pobox.com      Eliezer S. Yudkowsky
          http://pobox.com/~sentience/beyond.html



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