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35 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 10 December 2012 04:26AM

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Comment author: [deleted] 10 December 2012 04:35:35PM 1 point [-]

For practical reasons, I think that's fair enough...so long as we're clear that the above is a fully general counterargument.

Comment author: Manfred 10 December 2012 05:01:18PM *  0 points [-]

Right. I have not said any actual arguments against the hard problem of consciousness.

EDIT: Was true when I said it, then I replied to PeterD, not that it worked (as I noted in that very post, the direct approach has little chance against a confusion)

Comment author: Peterdjones 10 December 2012 05:05:23PM 0 points [-]

Argument for the importance of the HP: it is about the only thing that would motivate an educated 21st century person into doubting physcalism.