pedanterrific comments on Rationality Quotes February 2012 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: pedanterrific 11 February 2012 10:50:42PM 0 points [-]

How's that then? Suppose Gombrich is Hing a NC, it doesn't follow that anyone who can HaNC can make us see nonexistent thread; perhaps it's necessary but not sufficient. On the other hand, maybe it is true that anyone who can HaNC can make us see things, but Gombrich is fumbling his needle- it's just not noticeable because the thread actually exists in that case.