Comment by HoVY on When is a mind me? · 2024-07-08T13:34:24.555Z · LW · GW

It seems like the way we talk about the results of a coin flip would be a good start for how we'd talk about being cloned, although it's rare for a coin flip to have such a massive impact on our life after that point

Comment by HoVY on When is a mind me? · 2024-07-08T13:32:09.197Z · LW · GW

https://existentialcomics.com/comic/1 Related comic exploring this idea

Comment by HoVY on "How could I have thought that faster?" · 2024-03-27T01:10:15.155Z · LW · GW

I interpreted "retrain myself to perform only those steps over the course of 30 seconds" to mean that after training for n seconds/minutes/hours, he could solve an equivalent problem in 30 seconds (via the distilled steps). You seem to interpret it to mean that the training takes 30 seconds, and the length of time to solve the problem after training is unspecified. 

I don't know which it is, the wording seems ambiguous.

Comment by HoVY on There is way too much serendipity · 2024-02-11T17:04:18.150Z · LW · GW

This also tracks with LSD, measured in micrograms rather than milligrams like other psychedelics like psylocibin and 2c-b