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13 Post author: Kaj_Sotala 04 August 2012 10:48AM

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Comment author: Kaj_Sotala 08 August 2012 05:02:41AM 1 point [-]

I said that the argument is interesting because it helps better understand how non-reductionists think, not because it'd convince somebody who'd read the Sequences. And yes, part of what made it interesting was seeing it use the kind of rhetoric that I felt would be persuasive to many, which helped further explain why they'd believe in it.

Comment author: Sly 08 August 2012 07:37:19AM 0 points [-]

That makes sense.