Daniel_Burfoot comments on Rationality Quotes - September 2009 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 02 September 2009 06:33:17AM 11 points [-]

I don't believe in the supernetural. There can be knowledge for which we do not possess the Google keywords, but to speak of knowledge that cannot be Googled even in principle is nonsense.

Comment author: Daniel_Burfoot 02 September 2009 03:10:53PM 1 point [-]

to speak of knowledge that cannot be Googled even in principle is nonsense.

Roger Federer knows a hell of a lot about how to play tennis; I can't imagine any meaningful way of indexing and searching that knowledge.

Comment author: wedrifid 30 September 2009 12:34:35PM 0 points [-]

And as long as you acknowledge that this is a limitation of your own imagination (and abilities) and not that of the universe it is not nonsensical.