RobbBB comments on Mixed Reference: The Great Reductionist Project - Less Wrong

29 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 05 December 2012 12:26AM

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Comment author: RobbBB 05 December 2012 02:38:27AM *  8 points [-]

Amusingly, this endeavor also sounds like your arch-nemesis David Chalmers' new project, Constructing the World. Some of his moderate responses to various philosophical puzzles may actually be quite useful to you in dismissing sundry skeptical objections to the reductive project; from what I've seen, his dualism isn't indispensable to the interesting parts of the work.

Comment author: bryjnar 05 December 2012 03:47:37AM 3 points [-]

Just to say that in general, apart from the stuff about consciousness, which I disagree with but think is interesting, I think that Chalmers is one of the best philosophers alive today. Seriously, he does a lot of good work.

Comment author: Will_Newsome 06 December 2012 05:34:28PM *  4 points [-]

He also reads LessWrong, I think.

Comment author: Alejandro1 06 December 2012 05:56:57PM 4 points [-]

I am about 90% certain that he is djc.

Comment author: gwern 06 December 2012 06:00:06PM 4 points [-]

I'd agree; the link to philpapers (a Chalmers project), claiming to be a pro, having access to leading decision theorists - all consistent.

Comment author: RobbBB 06 December 2012 06:31:44PM 4 points [-]

It's either Chalmers or a deliberate impersonator. 'DJC' stands for 'David John Chalmers.'