The Legendary Dragon Alephwyr, named Alephwyr, BA

quantum mechanics can't actually explain the texture of yogurt "comprehensively" it's not like qm has solved the problem of qualia other than that, i don't know what you mean

I mean ontologically. The QM components of chemistry are necessary to explain why yogurt has its consistency instead of just being solid like cheese.

practically, weaker theories can do the same job, just depends on your pragmatics i suspect i'm going deeper than cheese

Weaker theories don't even consider it a real question, or at least don't have a basis to consider it one

i'm not sure we're talking about the same thing!

we were talking about whether we could conceive of something, and whether how you are discontent now could even come about before does the world have an objective valuing that is somehow malignant separate from your valuing of it as malignant, or not?

The best I can do to make meaning out of the world as it appears to me is to identify with the devil. Hope that's sufficient!

i mean, if the devil is malevolence, then that's capitulation if the devil is a light-bringing denial of totalizing authority, then he's on my side