Shane_Legg comments on Thou Art Physics - Less Wrong

40 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 06 June 2008 06:37AM

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Comment author: Shane_Legg 06 June 2008 11:10:10AM 5 points [-]

@ a. y. mous

I think the whole "wrong question" business is easier to understand in a situation that is already well understood.

Ok, so we live in a flat world. What supports the world? A turtle! Ok, but now here's my question:

What supports the turtle?

The way to "answer" this question is not to try to answer it directly, e.g. another turtle. And it's not that the answer is unknowable or beyond human understanding. With a better understanding of reality the question itself goes away.