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March 8, 2017

From: Interview by John Horgan, Scientific American

What is the most meaningful goal that any intelligence, human or inhuman, can pursue?

The notion of a “meaningful goal” is something that relies on a whole cultural context—so there can’t be a useful abstract answer to this question.

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