Matt_Simpson comments on Rationality Quotes: October 2009 - Less Wrong

7 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 22 October 2009 04:06PM

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Comment author: Matt_Simpson 23 October 2009 07:46:36PM 0 points [-]

I guess Hayek is to opaque here to be quotable?

Comment author: Tyrrell_McAllister 23 October 2009 11:13:52PM 1 point [-]

It is opaque. If I'm reading it right, it's a functionalist argument against the concept of qualia, much as Dennett makes here.

Comment author: Matt_Simpson 24 October 2009 12:44:06AM 1 point [-]

More or less. It's about a half-step away from invoking occam's razor to finish the job.