shminux comments on Cult impressions of Less Wrong/Singularity Institute - Less Wrong

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Comment author: shminux 16 August 2012 04:32:36AM 2 points [-]

Well, one advantage of it is that it is testable, and so is not a mere interpretation, which holds a certain amount of appeal to the more old-fashioned of us.

Comment author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 16 August 2012 07:17:01AM 5 points [-]

I agree, and I myself was, and am still, sentimentally fond of Penrose for this reason, and I would cheer on any agency that funded a test. However and nonetheless, "testable" is not actually the same as "plausible", scientifically virtuous as it may be.