My point is that elegance of natural impact regularization takes different shapes for different minds, and paving over everything is only elegant for minds that care about the state of the physical world at some point in time, rather than the arc of history.
I think even if you care about the arc of history, paving over everything would still be selected for. Yes, there’s the scar problem you mention, but it’s not clear that it’s strong enough to prevent it.
My point is that elegance of natural impact regularization takes different shapes for different minds, and paving over everything is only elegant for minds that care about the state of the physical world at some point in time, rather than the arc of history.
I think even if you care about the arc of history, paving over everything would still be selected for. Yes, there’s the scar problem you mention, but it’s not clear that it’s strong enough to prevent it.