byrnema comments on Belief in Belief - Less Wrong

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Comment author: byrnema 07 February 2010 11:22:35PM *  1 point [-]

It is not possible to interpret "separate magisteria" as different kinds of stuff, one "empirical" and one "non-empirical".

I agree. Dualism is simply incoherent within the empirical framework.

Mostly, "separate magisterium" is the classical Get-Out-Of-Jail-Free card. It can't be defined consistently. Mostly it means "Stop asking me those annoying questions!"

It also explains why they don't expect a CO_2 detector to work or have any relevance.