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Episode 56: Rationality, Religion, and the Omega Point

The Theory of Anything

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The Cosmology of Endless Returns

The idea of eternal returns is a huge part of how the mega point works. If you've got this infinite growth of knowledge inside of an infinitely growing computer, then there is no repeating,. You do not have the problem of eternal returns anymore. In fact, it would eventually reach a point based on my understanding of physics where it would just become impossible to solve your problems. And even though the algorithm may be an intractable algorithm, it just won't be a big deal because nothing's intractable to the omega point.

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