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Comment author: SilasBarta 09 November 2011 10:41:56PM 0 points [-]

I think we agree. I refer to Murphy et al's position as "hyper-anti-IUCism" (IUC = interpersonal utility comparison). If you restrict the topic to a specific domain, you have to throw out IUCs, but in the general case they are a meaningful, helpful concept. See my remarks in the second link.

(Btw, why do I get URL bloat when I copy a URL shortcut from this site?)