whowhowho comments on One last roll of the dice - Less Wrong

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Comment author: whowhowho 01 February 2013 03:34:37PM 0 points [-]

We just happen to know a lot more about what particle configurations create "diamondness" than "experience of green"ness.

And if you don't know how to create greenness, it is an act of faith on your part that it is done by phsyics as you understand it at all.

Comment author: CronoDAS 01 February 2013 08:08:21PM 0 points [-]

Perhaps, but physics has had a pretty good run so far...

Comment author: whowhowho 02 February 2013 01:27:20AM 0 points [-]

The key phrase is "as you understand it". 19th century physics doesn't explain whatever device you wrote that on.