Jay_Schweikert comments on Rationality Quotes July 2011 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Jay_Schweikert 09 July 2011 08:25:53PM 2 points [-]

Another good example with regard to reductionism:

Simplicity on this side of complexity: rainbows are real and awesome!

Stuck in complexity: everything is just quarks, your model of "rainbows" is a mere product of your own mind, beauty doesn't really exist in nature, get over yourself.

Simplicity on the other side of complexity: rainbows are explained in reductionism, but not explained away; yes, my model of a rainbow is "just" a model, but that doesn't mean rainbows aren't "real"; you can think a rainbow really, truly is beautiful, and still believe in reductionism.