David_Gerard comments on How An Algorithm Feels From Inside - Less Wrong

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Comment author: David_Gerard 07 December 2010 06:09:20PM 1 point [-]

I tend to resolve this sort of "is it really an X?" issue with the question "what's it for?" This is similar to making a belief pay rent: why do you care if it's really an X?