JosephY comments on Rationality Quotes May 2014 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: shminux 29 May 2014 08:40:44PM 4 points [-]

the fact that I don’t know exactly what consciousness is, doesn’t mean that I can’t be crystal-clear about what it isn’t!

Scott Aaronson in reply to the statements like "A stone is conscious to the “inputs” of gravity and electrostatic repulsion"

Comment author: JosephY 29 May 2014 09:42:25PM 1 point [-]

It reminds me of Justice Potter Stewart: "I know it when I see it!"

Comment author: shminux 29 May 2014 10:06:25PM * 2 points [-]

Well, it's the converse, which seems a lot more useful a criterion to me.