Richard4 comments on A Priori - Less Wrong

32 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 08 October 2007 09:02PM

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Comment author: Richard4 10 October 2007 04:24:17AM 1 point [-]

Who said anything about 'magic pixie dust'? I agree that the brain gives rise to (or 'powers') the mind, thanks to the laws of nature that happen to govern our universe. I may even agree with all the causal claims you want to make. But if you're going to start talking about identity, then you need to do some real philosophy.

"If you view it as an argument, yes. The engines yield the same outputs."

What does the latter have to do with rationality?