Azathoth123 comments on 2014 Less Wrong Census/Survey - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Azathoth123 28 October 2014 01:44:22AM -2 points [-]

You can take a car to bits, or a brain to bits

Why are you reducing to bits rather than atoms? Which is more basic?

Comment author: skeptical_lurker 28 October 2014 06:37:55AM 2 points [-]

I meant bits as a synonym for 'pieces' not as in terms of information.

Comment author: Azathoth123 29 October 2014 01:37:20AM 1 point [-]

That still leaves the question of whether brains should be reduced to atoms or bits unresolved?

Comment author: Daniel_Molloy 29 October 2014 03:11:30PM 5 points [-]

You can reduce a brain to atoms, and a mind to bits?

Comment author: skeptical_lurker 08 November 2014 03:45:01PM 0 points [-]

Possible bits are more basic, since physics seems to run on maths, if that makes sense. But I wouldn't say this with especially high confidence.

Comment author: Azathoth123 09 November 2014 05:05:15AM 1 point [-]

That's my point. Being "ontologically basic" is an extremely subtle concept.