gwern comments on Recommended reading for new rationalists - Less Wrong

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Comment author: XFrequentist 11 July 2009 04:34:03PM *  4 points [-]

A simply flabberghasting defence of non-nihilistic materialism. This is the book I know that deals with the highest proportion of topics of general interest here; as the title claims, it really does span from physics to ethics. It is an absolute delight, and a wonderful example of how far clear thinking can take one in dispelling confusion.

Comment author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 11 July 2009 06:08:41PM 5 points [-]

Yep. It's practically Less Wrong in book form.

Comment author: gwern 07 October 2009 02:00:54AM 3 points [-]

I just finished reading it a few weeks ago; when I reached the end, I wondered whether Drescher should sue all of us for intellectual plagiarism, or the other way around!