shminux comments on Rationality Quotes October 2013 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: shminux 17 October 2013 06:36:42PM 5 points [-]

That Mu exists in the natural world investigated by science is evident.

That's a bad way of phrasing it. "Mu" is about maps, not territories. What is "evident" is that some models do not result in testable predictions (answerable questions). The rest of the quote is pretty good.

Comment author: anandjeyahar 19 October 2013 09:59:59AM 1 point [-]

Agreed. I always skimmed over that claim and never wondered why. The map vs territory analogy makes a lot of sense. After all the 'Mu' is an answer to a question. And the question is based on some map of the territory. Thanks for triggering that series of clicks in my mind. :)