Do you imagine an appearance for Omega? A voice?
I perceive Omega as its consequences only.
If I had that much power and knowledge, I wouldn’t spend my time nagging people with brain teasers.
Are you sure? I know about people who believe that some entities, with power closer to that of Omega than yours, actually only care about paperclips.
I couldn’t recognize it...
It’s just an abstract concept, either you believe that you understand it or not. What do you mean by ‘recognize’?
If something came to me claiming to be Omega, I wouldn’t have a good way of judging whether to believe it.
If I saw a reason to think about Omega problems, I would push back against the way I visualize the situation.
As it is, I’ve just got more sympathy with a friend who had problems with math because she’d overthink word problems.
What do yuo mean with “Omega”? E.g. Chaitin’s Omega or large cardinals do not fit the remarks.
http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Omega
A being with the ability to predict the future with 100% (or near) accuracy and with arbitrarily-large power. LessWrongian for ‘God’, to a first approximation.
He also is not malicious and/or doesn’t lie, which combined with his infallibility means you can trust whatever he tells you.
I perceive Omega as its consequences only.
Are you sure? I know about people who believe that some entities, with power closer to that of Omega than yours, actually only care about paperclips.
It’s just an abstract concept, either you believe that you understand it or not. What do you mean by ‘recognize’?
If something came to me claiming to be Omega, I wouldn’t have a good way of judging whether to believe it.
If I saw a reason to think about Omega problems, I would push back against the way I visualize the situation.
As it is, I’ve just got more sympathy with a friend who had problems with math because she’d overthink word problems.
What do yuo mean with “Omega”? E.g. Chaitin’s Omega or large cardinals do not fit the remarks.
http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Omega
A being with the ability to predict the future with 100% (or near) accuracy and with arbitrarily-large power. LessWrongian for ‘God’, to a first approximation.
He also is not malicious and/or doesn’t lie, which combined with his infallibility means you can trust whatever he tells you.