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Comment author: ata 20 November 2010 03:32:42AM *  3 points [-]

From Chance and Consciousness

Oh...
wow.

I think that paper alone proves your point quite nicely.

Comment author: jimrandomh 20 November 2010 04:10:30AM *  2 points [-]

I mostly disagree with Ben, but I don't think judging him based on that paper is fair. It's pretty bad, but it was also written in 1996. Fourteen years is a lot of time to improve as a thinker.

Comment author: ata 20 November 2010 04:25:49AM *  2 points [-]

I had that thought too, and I was thinking of retracting or amending my comment to that effect, but looking at some of his later publications in the same journal(?) suggests that he hasn't leveled up much since then.