Eliezer_Yudkowsky comments on Causal Reference - Less Wrong

30 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 20 October 2012 10:12PM

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Comment author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 26 October 2012 05:57:35AM 4 points [-]

In other words, "Yes"?

Comment author: mfb 26 October 2012 04:06:21PM *  1 point [-]

Bit modifications are part of the process of computation. I wouldn't say they are "affected by" that (they depend causally on the input which started the process of computation, however). In a similar way, individual humans are not affected by the concept of "mankind" for all of them.