reguru comments on Open Thread, Aug 29. - Sept 5. 2016 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: reguru 13 September 2016 11:31:46AM 0 points [-]

Regardless how accurate or inaccurate a map is, it is still a map. But some maps are more or less accurate over other maps. That's fine. That's human projections.

I argue that the territory is arational, which means any representation in relation to the territory is all the same.

Comment author: TheAncientGeek 13 September 2016 12:19:49PM 1 point [-]

The second sentence contradicts the first.