Peterdjones comments on Three consistent positions for computationalists - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Peterdjones 16 April 2011 07:30:29PM 0 points [-]

It does have something to do with epistemology, because the experience delivers knowledge-by-acquaintance, which is a form of knowledge.

Comment author: bogus 16 April 2011 08:12:16PM 0 points [-]

Yes, clearly an experience can deliver knowledge. But does experience yield any additional knowledge over a simulation of same? One could plausibly argue that it does not.