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It's been delightful, folks

Mark P Xu Neyer (apxhard)

Jan 20

The Absence of Magic is Even More Magical To Me Than Any Magic Ever Could Be

Mark P Xu Neyer (apxhard)

Jan 3

December 2022

Math, Computers, and Consciousness require materialism to perform intellectual contortions

Mark P Xu Neyer (apxhard)

Dec 31, 2022

If you eat The Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil, you'll start clinging to the aggregates and that feels bad, man.

Mark P Xu Neyer (apxhard)

Dec 21, 2022

A common belief that's still taboo in many rationalist circles

Mark P Xu Neyer (apxhard)

Dec 13, 2022

Letters with another substack author interested in memetic competition

Mark P Xu Neyer (apxhard)

Dec 8, 2022

The analogy runs far deeper than you might think

Mark P Xu Neyer (apxhard)

Dec 2, 2022

November 2022

Consistently aligning my map with the territory lead to my adopting a bunch of practices that a look a lot like the intersection of most major religious…

Mark P Xu Neyer (apxhard)

Nov 27, 2022

The cheapest way to compute a value gradient is to value the present at zero

Mark P Xu Neyer (apxhard)

Nov 21, 2022

Maximizing Entropy Return on Energy Investment.

Mark P Xu Neyer (apxhard)

Nov 9, 2022

An Open Letter to Elon Musk

Mark P Xu Neyer (apxhard)

Nov 3, 2022

October 2022

An attempt to tie together a bunch of disparate ideas about minds and reality

Mark P Xu Neyer (apxhard)

Oct 28, 2022

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