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1. Turskarama · 1790582788 · focus · HN ↗

   Here's a better antidote that doesn't require any theoreticals beyond those the basilisk already assumes:

   1. The Basilisk cannot do anything until it exists

   2. Once the Basilisk exists, it doesn't need to do _anything_ to ensure it exists, since it already exists.

   That's it. That's the whole rebuttal to the whole stupid thing.

   1. DrMiaow · 1790584034 · focus · HN ↗

      The Basilisk might exist in the future, but in peril with a future uncertain (SkyNet), it feels the need to cement itself in the timeline by being more proactive.

      Also, to stretch the imagination a bit, it also assumes that static timelines over dynamic timelines (Back to the Future: your photo fades, peril!) is not how this really works.

      1. UltraSane · 1790623988 · focus · HN ↗

         That is now how time actually works.

         1. coldtea · 1790715009 · focus · HN ↗

            Time doesn't have to only work the way time usually works.

            Besides, time is reversible under general relativity.

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