Caledonian2 comments on Hand vs. Fingers - Less Wrong

25 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 30 March 2008 12:36AM

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Comment author: Caledonian2 31 March 2008 01:02:00PM 1 point [-]

This fact actually is one proof that Caledonian and others are talking nonsense in saying that the zombie world is incoherent; everyone involved in this discussion, including Caledonian, knows exactly what the world would be like if it were a zombie world,

Yes, it would be exactly the same thing it would be if it weren't a zombie world. And that's why the concept of 'zombies' is incoherent.

The mental gymnastics people will go through to avoid confronting this simple and obvious fact are quite extraordinary.

I suspect it's the same reason why people continue to believe in various gods, despite their religions being nonsense, and sometimes will insist that everyone knows that the gods in question exist and are denying their existence out of hate / spite / denial.