Morendil comments on The two insights of materialism - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Morendil 24 March 2010 03:44:16PM 7 points [-]

a particle is a one thousand-trillion-trillionth of a you

To the extent that "self" is a relational concept, the above strikes me as a fallacy of reification. "Self" is a fact about where some particles stand in relationship with each other, it isn't a fact about any given particle.

Comment author: Nisan 24 March 2010 07:33:44PM *  1 point [-]

Agreed. In fact, this is even stated in the post:

You are the way you are because of two things:

  • the laws that describe your soul-pieces or particles, whatever those laws may be, and
  • the way they're put together,

ETA: Perhaps you are even saying that the first item should be struck from that list. I'd agree with you.

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