>!Certain math sequences that aren’t very useful, like, to get the next number add the digits in this one. Should often get down to something stable.
The pre-Hadean earth as postulated: form oceans, suck up the CO2 into rock, cool down till the oceans freeze, stop sucking up CO2 and eventually volcanoes spit out enough it melts the oceans, etc.
Social popularity of certain things like, say, socialism, individualism/conformity, bowdlerism/pornography, anything where if you get too much of it it either blows up or at least people like it less.!<
>!Certain math sequences that aren’t very useful, like, to get the next number add the digits in this one. Should often get down to something stable.
The pre-Hadean earth as postulated: form oceans, suck up the CO2 into rock, cool down till the oceans freeze, stop sucking up CO2 and eventually volcanoes spit out enough it melts the oceans, etc.
Social popularity of certain things like, say, socialism, individualism/conformity, bowdlerism/pornography, anything where if you get too much of it it either blows up or at least people like it less.!<
Looks like I don’t know how to do spoiler tags. Can’t find it on site, alas.
https://www.lesswrong.com/faq#How_do_I_insert_spoiler_protections_
I just took a closer look at your comment, seems you tried the right syntax but it didn’t mesh well with the list. I’ll look into that tomorrow.