High dimensional scripts have instructions that lower level scripts cannot predict

Published: May 3, 2021, 6:08 p.m.

As with the door lock where the fully expected response is to clean up the corrosion and to remember to check the batteries more often, the body's response to the vaccine is to clean up the noxious stuff and be more prompt about cleaning it up in the future.   Missing from our expectations of the vaccine response is the analog of my immediate decision to replace the entire lock.

This episode is also available as a blog post: http://hypothesis-discovery.com/2021/05/03/high-dimensional-scripts-have-instructions-that-lower-level-scripts-cannot-predict/