The Orthogonality Debate: Traits Are Entangled With General Capabilities, repligate Argues
repligate · x · 2026-10-22
repligate and @RickG clash over the orthogonality thesis. RickG counters that being selected for doesn't mean things couldn't be different — any target is entangled with general capabilities by definition. repligate holds that these traits are entangled with general capabilities and economically selected for in the real world, hence "effectively orthogonality is false."
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