Duncan
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Duncan is a recurring person in the Astral Codex Ten archive, appearing 3 times across 3 issues between January 31, 2021 and August 13, 2022. The archive places it in contexts such as “most interesting comment was probably from Duncan, who argues that pedophilia might not be as taxonic as it appears”; “Manifold: informal, whether Duncan says so”; “Duncan himself (or, at least, this iteration of himself) has misgivings about the totality of Leto’s control”. It most often appears alongside ACX, Afghan government, AI.
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- Category: People
- Mention count: 3
- Issue count: 3
- First seen: January 31, 2021
- Last seen: August 13, 2022
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Recovered passages from the original issue text. When the raw archive preserved outbound links inside the source passage, they are listed directly under the quote.
2. On the Taxometrics post, most interesting comment was probably from Duncan, who argues that pedophilia might not be as taxonic as it appears - it’s just that you wouldn’t admit you’re a pedophile (or come to anyone’s attention as a pedophile) unless you have such a severe case that there’s no way for you to hide it. This made me think about how many of the supposedly-taxonic conditions were also unusually stigmatizing conditions; draw your own conclusions.
— Will Russia control Kyiv on 4/2/22? 54% chance This is Manifold’s biggest Ukraine market right now. It’s very similar to the biggest Metaculus question, although the resolution criteria are different (Metaculus: 6/10 raions; Manifold: informal, whether Duncan says so). I don’t know if that fully explains the different probabilities: 69% chance on Metaculus vs. 54% chance on Manifold. In the past when Metaculus and Manifold disagreed I’ve eyeballed Metaculus as being more accurate, but few data points so far.
This is Manifold’s biggest Ukraine market right now. It’s very similar to the biggest Metaculus question, although the resolution criteria are different (Metaculus: 6/10 raions; Manifold: informal, whether Duncan says so). I don’t know if that fully explains the different probabilities: 69% chance on Metaculus vs. 54% chance on Manifold. In the past when Metaculus and Manifold disagreed I’ve eyeballed Metaculus as being more accurate, but few data points so far.
This means that there is nothing Leto will not do if he perceives it as necessary; there is no cruelty he would not enact to push forward his golden path. But he is a mind that emerged from humanity and sees things humanity cannot itself see. His good deeds are not understood, and he works quasi-endlessly for what he considers to be the ultimate good while bearing the burden of the knowledge that he is viewed as nothing more or less than a dictator, a personification of the restriction under which humanity itself chafes. The Duncan Idaho In the second and third books of the series, Duncan Idaho returned to life (and death) in the service of the Atreides. In the Duniverse, both your mind and your cells have memory, each Duncan clone carries the memories of the original. Through the same mechanism of ancestral/cellular memory, Leto has seen Duncan’s sacrifices through two generations of eyes in addition to his own.
In the second and third books of the series, Duncan Idaho returned to life (and death) in the service of the Atreides. In the Duniverse, both your mind and your cells have memory, each Duncan clone carries the memories of the original. Through the same mechanism of ancestral/cellular memory, Leto has seen Duncan’s sacrifices through two generations of eyes in addition to his own.
Faced with this loyalty, a sense of personal debt and the ability to order unlimited clones, Leto shrugged his shoulders and decided to always have a Duncan around to shoot the shit with.