timtyler comments on Reason as memetic immune disorder - Less Wrong

215 Post author: PhilGoetz 19 September 2009 09:05PM

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Comment author: MichaelVassar 20 September 2009 03:28:42PM 2 points [-]

It would be nice though, if outsiders could show some respect by demonstrating, as is probably demonstrable but difficult, that its object of study is incoherent, not just imaginary.

I'm not really sure it makes sense to talk about mathematical objects as being imaginary but not incoherent.

Comment author: timtyler 20 September 2009 09:11:42PM 0 points [-]

Respectful outsiders?

Is that a reference to the inner sanctum of the Hypercomputation sect? ;-)