Peterdjones comments on Two straw men fighting - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Peterdjones 22 April 2011 03:36:49PM 0 points [-]

Maybe the two stages are in a time domain, not a space domain.

The "it only seems indeterministic" story is one of a number of stories. It is not a fact. My central point is that to arrive at The Answer, all alternatives have to be considered.

Comment author: cousin_it 22 April 2011 03:51:14PM *  2 points [-]

I was mostly trying to argue against the point that human minds need indeterminism to work as they do. Do you now agree that's wrong?

Comment author: Peterdjones 22 April 2011 03:57:52PM 0 points [-]

It's not wrong, and it;'s not intended as a mirror-image of the LW official dogma. It's a suggestion. I cannot possibly say it is The Answer, since, for one thing, I don't know if indeterminsim is actually the case. So my central point remains: the solution space remains unexplored, and what I put forward is an example of a neglected possibillity