erikerikson comments on Abandoning Cached Selves to Re-Write My Source Code Partially, I've Become Unstable - Less Wrong

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Comment author: wedrifid 11 October 2012 11:23:04PM 2 points [-]
  1. You exist (i.e. "you think, therefore you are" - thank you Descartes)

  2. Item 1. above provides at least one example of an indisputable truth that you may know.

I'm not at all impressed with the Descartes thought, and it isn't an especially powerful or indisputable premise. It doesn't really do anything except beg the question while adding a detail about the definition of 'you'. It certainly isn't nearly powerful enough to be used the way he used it.

Comment author: erikerikson 11 October 2012 11:58:51PM 1 point [-]

A reference to further reading I should do would be likewise appreciated.