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Comment author: Vladimir_Nesov 28 August 2009 07:43:27AM 2 points [-]

But people are made out of meat! How can that be an agent? I remain sceptical of ability of a theory to interpret humans as agents with preference if the same theory is unable to interpret a tree or a rock the same way, perhaps with ridiculous preference, but preference nonetheless.

Comment author: thomblake 28 August 2009 05:07:14PM 1 point [-]

in case it's not been linked to here: They're made out of meat!

Comment author: Vladimir_Nesov 28 August 2009 06:24:25PM 0 points [-]

That was the reference. I'll also add a link to this video version.