Vladimir_Nesov comments on Consciousness - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Vladimir_Nesov 08 January 2010 01:47:44PM *  0 points [-]

I don't believe that confabulating a confused topic is a useful activity that is expected to advance understanding. We'd all be better off avoiding this mode of thinking, and building on better-understood concepts instead.

Comment author: Tyrrell_McAllister 08 January 2010 03:11:12PM 1 point [-]

What do you mean by "confabulating"? Do you just mean that people here aren't really confused about this topic?

Comment author: Vladimir_Nesov 08 January 2010 03:21:49PM 0 points [-]

They are, which is why constructing one more confused argument in terms of confused concepts is no use.