lukstafi comments on Does the simulation argument even need simulations? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: wedrifid 12 October 2013 12:40:58PM 0 points [-]

Modern philosophy is just a set of notes on the margins of Descartes' "Meditations".

That is the most damning criticism of philosophy I have ever seen.

Comment author: lukstafi 12 October 2013 12:45:26PM *  1 point [-]

(1) It's totally tongue-in-cheek. (2) By "modern" I don't mean "contemporary", I mean "since Descartes onwards". (3) By "notes" I mean criticisms. (4) The point is that I see responses to the simulation aka. Daemon argument recurring in philosophy.

Comment author: wedrifid 12 October 2013 01:03:50PM 0 points [-]

(3) By "notes" I mean criticisms.

Ahh, that one makes a difference in connotation. There certainly seems to be more of that than I would judge worthwhile.