Vladimir_Nesov comments on Mysterious Answers to Mysterious Questions - Less Wrong

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Comment author: DanielLC 27 December 2009 04:16:01AM 1 point [-]

Phlogiston exists. We call it "absence of oxygen". Nobody acted like positive charge wasn't real when they found out it was the absence of electrons.

Comment author: Vladimir_Nesov 27 December 2009 12:16:46PM 1 point [-]

This is a wrong reification in so many specific cases...