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by sova 3032 days ago
Nothing is original.

Also, it's a hilarious and an absurd claim "x Solved Philosophy" because that's like saying "Tony Hawk solved the skateboard." Perhaps Tony Hawk is great at skateboarding, but you can never personally know what it's like until you try yourself. Philosophy is not something that can be solved by someone outside of yourself, not even Nietzsche can wipe away your ignorance, only you can do that for yourself.
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laretluval 3031 days ago
> Nothing is original.

No. I suppose when you say "nothing" you're talking about philosophical propositions, which can be mapped to computer programs. In which case we can note that (1) the vast majority of programs have never been generated before by any process and (2) the vast majority of possible programs cannot be reduced to simpler programs that might have been expressed earlier.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kolmogorov_complexity https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algorithmically_random_sequenc...

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sova 3031 days ago
Who said anything about computers? The whole universe is in a constant state of Recycling. Remember that old adage "energy/matter cannot be created nor destroyed?"
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