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MixedNuts comments on Irrationality Game II - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: MixedNuts 11 July 2012 09:25:14AM 0 points [-]

How, if at all, does this differ from "reductionism is true"? There are approximations made in high-level descriptions (e.g. number of particles treated as infinitely larger than its variation); are you saying they are real, or that the high-level description is true modulo these approximations? What do you mean by "real" anyway?

Tentatively downvoted because this looks like some brand of reductionism.