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army1987 comments on HP:MOR and the Radio Fallacy - Less Wrong Discussion

22 Post author: RichardChappell 21 July 2012 07:55PM

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Comment author: [deleted] 21 July 2012 11:07:05PM *  2 points [-]

I had thought of a very similar example about why that particular argument is invalid: removing or de-tuning some of the strings of a piano will affect its sound, but it doesn't follow that the strings are all that's needed to explain the music from the piano with no need for there to be a pianist who hits the keys.