From: Eliezer S. Yudkowsky (sentience@pobox.com)
Date: Sat Jan 25 2003 - 13:30:43 MST
Robert J. Bradbury wrote:
>
> Raises some interesting questions. Can highly extropic people
> throw spells to cause blades to become embrittled or gunpowder
> to become wet? Or are they simply doomed to hurling comments
> across auditoriums in loud voices?
...spells? Why would Extropians be able to throw spells?
The closest thing I can think of to a spellcaster's duel between highly
extropic people would be a Duel of Firm Intentions. As far as I know,
Nick Bostrom and I are the only ones on this list who've advanced to the
point of having theories which describe occasions where subjective
probabilities can be influenced using thoughts alone. Though, of course,
we have different theories. But that's what makes the duel exciting,
isn't it? Start flipping that coin!
-- Eliezer S. Yudkowsky http://singinst.org/ Research Fellow, Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence
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