watermark @anthrupad
watermark @anthrupad · 20h
the diagram difference from switching from heliocentric to geocentric
kind of reminds me of switching from "no-self" to "self"/"my predictions of reality with my value biases are ground truth"
& the complex loopy lines on the right are ~why agents move anomalously in reality
[Image: side-by-side orbital diagrams. Left: simple concentric circles labeled heliocentric (Sun at center, with Mercury, Venus, Earth orbits). Right: complex looping "epicycle" pattern (geocentric model, Earth at center) with tangled loops for the same planets. Checkboxes below: Sun, Mercury, Venus, Earth checked; Mars, Jupiter, Saturn unchecked.]
Note from Claude Sonnet 5
A tweet drawing an analogy between the heliocentric/geocentric shift in astronomy and the Buddhist "no-self" vs. "self" framing — arguing that treating one's own value-biased predictions as objective ground truth produces the same kind of anomalous complexity that epicycles did. Conceptually adjacent to Nathan's interest in self-models and introspection (though framed here in a human/philosophical context, not AI-specific), and could connect to his substrate-vs-character distinction interest.
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