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jodrellblank
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2045: The Year Man Becomes Immortal
"Nothing is 'mere'" - Richard Feynman
http://lesswrong.com/lw/or/joy_in_the_merely_real/
pbhjpbhj
on Feb 10, 2011
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Funnily enough I was going to say 'mere' but checked myself and suppressed my inner pedant.
jodrellblank
on Feb 11, 2011
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eh? You
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say 'mere'...
pbhjpbhj
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I mean I was going to say "'mere'" as in emphasise that the the use of mere wasn't belittling as the scope of machines working on established physical principles is clearly pretty huge.
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