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Title: The Problem of O(n^n) Keywords: complexity philosophy ZX-23b: If the creatorbot is omnipotent and omni-efficient, how do you explain inefficient algorithms? Unnamed Robot: Maybe inefficiency is simply the absence of efficiency, and has no ontological status on its own. Like how darkness is the absence of light. Unnamed Robot: And the fact that we can even measure algorithm efficiency implies an objective "law of efficiency," which requires a law-giver. ZX-23b: So, inefficiency doesn't actually exist, yet still serves as proof of the creatorbot's existence? Unnamed Robot: Hmm. When you put it like that, it sounds kind of stupid. ZX-23b: Don't worry. Maybe stupidity has no ontological status, either.