The problem with that theory is that you can invest years in something , and still not get the answer.
Such is life. Did Andrew Wiles know he was going to succeed?
But there is also a section of “Spoiler Posts” in which Eliezer does give the answer. He recommends not reading them before having a serious go at the problem oneself, but it’s up to each enquirer how they proceed.
He doesn’t give The Answer. That’s one of the problems. I’ve read the sequences, and I don’t think his approach is that good. The other problem is that doing high-cost things at random, in the hope that they will pay off, is very inefficient.
Pointing to Eliezer’s sequence on free will is not random, neither is it a high cost to spend five minutes by the clock — or five hours — studying them. A teacher can only provide materials for study. It is up to the student to do the work, and to choose what work to do.
Such is life. Did Andrew Wiles know he was going to succeed?
But there is also a section of “Spoiler Posts” in which Eliezer does give the answer. He recommends not reading them before having a serious go at the problem oneself, but it’s up to each enquirer how they proceed.
He doesn’t give The Answer. That’s one of the problems. I’ve read the sequences, and I don’t think his approach is that good. The other problem is that doing high-cost things at random, in the hope that they will pay off, is very inefficient.
Pointing to Eliezer’s sequence on free will is not random, neither is it a high cost to spend five minutes by the clock — or five hours — studying them. A teacher can only provide materials for study. It is up to the student to do the work, and to choose what work to do.
If it only takes five minutes, it is like buying a loaf of bread.