timtyler comments on Dennett's "Consciousness Explained": Prelude - Less Wrong

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Comment author: timtyler 10 January 2010 12:32:25PM *  2 points [-]

Take David Hume's correct refutation of the design argument, for example:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Hume#The_design_argument

This argument is still used today - though we know a bit more about the subject now.