TheAncientGeek comments on No Universally Compelling Arguments in Math or Science - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Eugine_Nier 09 November 2013 07:55:26AM -2 points [-]

Under what circumstances could a mind (which behaved functionally enough to be called a mind) afford to ignore modus ponens, for example?

That depends on what you mean by "behave functionally like a mind". For starters it could only ignore it occasionally.