rysade comments on Examples of mysteries explained *away* - Less Wrong

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Comment author: rysade 01 October 2011 10:02:18AM 0 points [-]

I agree that phlogiston was not likely thought of as a mysterious answer at the time. I think that what justifies calling it a mysterious answer today is that we could justifiably notice that we are confused.

Whether it's confusing quality is a good reason to categorize it as a mysterious answer is a different issue, however.