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hyporational comments on What are your contrarian views? - Less Wrong Discussion

10 Post author: Metus 15 September 2014 09:17AM

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Comment author: hyporational 17 September 2014 04:45:05PM 8 points [-]

There are no maps, it's reality all the way up.

Comment author: shminux 17 September 2014 04:55:59PM 2 points [-]

You might be facetious, but I suspect that it is another way of saying the same thing.

Comment author: TheAncientGeek 20 September 2014 02:28:50PM *  2 points [-]

I suspect it isn't.

The words map and territory aren't relative terms like up and down.

Comment author: hyporational 17 September 2014 04:58:48PM *  1 point [-]

I meant to communicate the latter. We share this view.

Comment author: Slider 22 September 2014 08:16:14PM 0 points [-]

the parent post implies a belief in non-psychisism

Comment author: hyporational 23 September 2014 09:18:26AM 0 points [-]

I'm not sure I understand what you mean.

Comment author: Slider 25 September 2014 12:23:08AM 0 points [-]

That there are no representations. There is no computational system that can be said to be about something.