Nick_Tarleton comments on Reason as memetic immune disorder - Less Wrong

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Comment author: timtyler 20 September 2009 05:54:12PM 0 points [-]

It's not incoherent. There could be such a thing as Hypercomputation.

However, nobody has found any evidence that it exists so far - and maybe they never will.

Hypercomputation enthusiasts claim that its existence doesn't matter too much - and that it's a valuable concept regardless of whether it exists or not. Maybe.

Comment author: Nick_Tarleton 20 September 2009 06:47:14PM 3 points [-]

It's not incoherent. There could be such a thing as Hypercomputation.

I don't disagree (i.e., I don't see any positive reason to doubt the coherence of hypercomputation – though Michael sounds like he has one), but remember not to confuse subjective conceivability and actual coherence.