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Lumifer comments on [LINK] Scott Aaronson on Google, Breaking Circularity and Eigenmorality - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Lumifer 20 June 2014 03:58:01AM -2 points [-]

this is a great example of making progress on an apparently philosophical problem by bringing in some nontrivial mathematics

In which way slapping emotion-laden labels on some well-known statistical techniques constitutes "making progress"?

Comment author: Username 23 June 2014 01:46:28PM *  -2 points [-]

Indeed. The post, although thought-provoking, doesn't appear to have anything to do with a "philosophical problem", although that doesn't stop the author from pompously speaking as if it does.

ETA: I'm assuming the downvoter thought I was being ironic.