Mitchell_Porter comments on That other kind of status - Less Wrong

72 Post author: Yvain 29 December 2009 02:45AM

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Comment author: pwno 29 December 2009 04:55:15AM 1 point [-]

And what was the motivation for that prior conception?

Comment author: Mitchell_Porter 29 December 2009 07:06:35AM 3 points [-]

Occam's Razor, perhaps.

Comment author: MichaelVassar 29 December 2009 06:30:16PM 10 points [-]

Also the strong human tendency to project agency on the world.