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CCC comments on Open thread, May 17-31 2013 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: CCC 24 May 2013 10:54:14AM 1 point [-]

I agree that "x C* y, and y P z. Therefore, x C* z" is wildly unintuitive, causes problems, and is just plainly wrong. But...

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...actually, looking back, you're right. I apologise; I misread the definition of C* (I read w P y instead of y P w).

I'm going to have to look through it again before I can comment further.