Eugine_Nier comments on 2013 Less Wrong Census/Survey - Less Wrong

78 Post author: Yvain 22 November 2013 09:26AM

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Comment author: TheAncientGeek 21 June 2014 01:27:54PM 0 points [-]

Interesting, but this does not exactly mean the concrete is incoherent, more that QM isnt playing ball.

Comment author: Eugine_Nier 21 June 2014 04:17:05PM *  2 points [-]

I could do this with any other theory of physics just as easily, e.g., in Newtonian mechanics are are particles ontologically basic, or are points in the universal phase space?

Edit: Also, I never said the concrete was incoherent, I said the concept of "ontologically basic" was incoherent.

Comment author: [deleted] 21 June 2014 06:03:36PM *  1 point [-]

You're arguing issues of cartography, not geography.

Comment author: Eugine_Nier 21 June 2014 07:13:56PM 3 points [-]

No, I'm saying that the people asking whether something is "ontologically basic" are arguing cartography. Also it's funny how they only ask the question of things they don't believe exist.

Comment author: [deleted] 21 June 2014 07:44:21PM 2 points [-]

Ok I'm in agreement with that.

Comment author: TheAncientGeek 21 June 2014 06:14:29PM *  0 points [-]

I don't that is clear cut, because space and points have often often been denied any reality

Concrete was my tablets version of concept.