Examples of Highly Counterfactual Discoveries? — LessWrong
The history of science has tons of examples of the same thing being discovered multiple time independently; wikipedia has a whole list of examples he…
x Examples of Highly Counterfactual Discoveries? — LessWrong World Modeling Frontpage 204 [ Question ] Examples of Highly Counterfactual Discoveries? by johnswentworth 23rd Apr 2024 1 min read A 30 116 204 The history of science has tons of examples of the same thing being discovered multiple time independently; wikipedia has a whole list of examples here . If your goal in studying the history of science is to extract the predictable/overdetermined component of humanity's trajectory, then it makes sense to focus on such examples. But if your goal is to achieve high counterfactual impact in you
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