Eugine_Nier comments on Causal Universes - LessWrong

60 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 29 November 2012 04:08AM

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Comment author: Eugine_Nier 02 December 2012 02:37:08AM 1 point [-]

So what would you think of "magical qualia"?

Comment author: Oligopsony 02 December 2012 04:08:28PM 4 points [-]

It captures my feelings on the matter pretty well, although it also seems like an unnecessarily rude way of summarizing the opinions of any qualiaphiles I might be debating. Like if a Christian self-deprecatingly said that yes, he believes the reason for akrasia is a magic snake, that seems (a) reasonable (description), whereas if an atheist described a Christian's positions in those terms she's just an asshole.