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Comment author: shminux 31 March 2014 06:04:15PM 6 points [-]

I do not understand the point of the essay http://yudkowsky.net/rational/the-simple-truth/ . The preface says that it "is meant to restore a naive view of truth", but all I see is strawmanning everything Eliezer dislikes. What is that "naive view of truth"?

Comment author: Larks 31 March 2014 11:15:00PM 1 point [-]

The naive version (with added parenthesis) :

  • ('Snow is white' is true) if and only if (snow is white)
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