Lumifer comments on Only You Can Prevent Your Mind From Getting Killed By Politics - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Lumifer 26 November 2013 09:26:31PM 3 points [-]

I'm saying that we should account for anthropic bias when giving out complexity penalties.

How would that work?

The question is: are they non-mainstream in economics, anthropology, or both?

I am not sure what the mainstream consensus in anthropology looks like, but I have the impression that Graeber's research is quite controversial.

Comment author: JoshuaZ 26 November 2013 09:30:51PM 0 points [-]

At minimum, it does seem like many anthropologists see Graeber's work as much more tied into his politics than things even often are in that field, and that's a field that has serious issues with that as a whole.