Comment author: spuckblase 04 November 2011 02:14:02PM 3 points [-]

I don't see a special problem...evaluate the arguments, try to correct for biases. Business as usual. Or do you suspect there is a new type of bias at work here?

Comment author: spuckblase 01 November 2011 08:26:07AM 7 points [-]

I took it. Thanks for this, I'm excited about the results.

Comment author: spuckblase 31 October 2011 12:47:58PM 1 point [-]

Typo in the title!

Comment author: spuckblase 30 October 2011 07:30:50PM 4 points [-]

Good Translation! I'm through the whole text now, did proofreading and changed quite a bit, some terminological questions remain. After re-reading the original in the process, I think the english FAQ needs some work (unbalanced sections, winding sentences etc). But as a non-native speaker, I don't dare.

Comment author: spuckblase 26 October 2011 08:12:47AM 0 points [-]

At least 29 and 32 are process advice, too.

31: Anything can be done in dialogue (cf. Plato), but probably shoudn't.

22: Reader of blogs or of papers? What's the target audience?

Further points:

  • Avoid formulas
  • Use key words, catch phrases, highlighting.
  • Use a Summary and/or Conclusion where possible.
Comment author: spuckblase 25 October 2011 02:14:55PM 1 point [-]

First approximation: Make your writing similar to a blockbuster movie.

Comment author: spuckblase 05 October 2011 02:11:44PM *  2 points [-]

Since the Universe’s computational accuracy appears to be infinite, in order for the mind to be omniscient about a human brain it must be running the human brain’s quark-level computations within its own mind; any approximate computation would yield imperfect predictions. In the act of running this computation, the brain’s qualia are generated, if (as we have assumed) the brain in question experiences qualia. Therefore the omniscient mind is fully aware of all of the qualia that are experienced within the volume of the Universe about which it has perfect knowledge.

Suppose an entity with qualia emerges in the Game of Life. Surely the omniscient being doesn't have to have those qualia to predict perfecty (and, it seems, to have perfect "physical" knowledge of the simulation)?

In response to First German Meeting
Comment author: spuckblase 26 September 2011 10:29:12AM 1 point [-]

I promised to give you feedback on your wikibook. Some quick thoughts:

There is a ton of at false or at least controversial stuff (e.g., "Disappointment is always something positive"; "instrumental rationality" = "instrumentale Rationalität" (wheras it's "instrumentelle Rationalität") or stuff that cannot be understood without further knowledge (what is your average reader to make of the words "The Litany of Gendlin"?).

The preface is lacking footnotes, links or an outline.

You're obviously just getting started on this project, so maybe you should rather wait for EY's book(s) on rationality and try a translation thereof?

Comment author: tes 06 September 2011 09:05:27PM 2 points [-]

Me too.

Comment author: spuckblase 08 September 2011 07:02:41AM 2 points [-]

Great! Me also.

Comment author: spuckblase 11 August 2011 01:49:24PM 1 point [-]

Let's meet September 10th in Munich (see http://www.doodle.com/u49xxi6z4zqbihqa) Maybe we can attract a few more people with a definite time and setting.

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