Which particular claim(s) do you object to? (N.b. also by “rationalists” I do not specifically mean the LW-associated community, although >
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Replying to @Meaningness @GrumplessGrinch and
> (despite diversity within that community) my impression is LW folks mainly do fit in the category
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Replying to @Meaningness @chairbender and
Lesswrong and its diaspora *are* the rationalist community. Like, what non-LW-associated rationalist are you thinking of?
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Replying to @GrumplessGrinch @chairbender and
This comment and its reply from me (right below) may clarify that:https://meaningness.com/eggplant/remodeling/comments#comment-1851 …
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David, is it possible that LW is actually “meta-r” by your definition, even though it uses “r” to label itself?
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Meta-r means figuring out how particular ontologies relate to reality and therefore which to use when.
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Maybe it’s not the LW project to elucidate meta-R, but many/most LWers are?
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Replying to @KevinSimler @Meaningness and
fwiw I don’t really have a dog in this fight. Just musing aloud about possible ways for you to avoid getting bogged down :)
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Replying to @KevinSimler @Meaningness and
I'd say that LW discusses some problems connected to language/categories/ontologies, but they don't go into those problems >>
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Replying to @brewingsense @KevinSimler and
deep enough, and because of that don't realize how those problems lay waste to "Bayesianism"
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Yes and yes. But also consistently dismisses ontological issues by mistaking them as linguistic ones. Word ambiguity is easy by comparison!
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Replying to @Meaningness @KevinSimler and
This is why there’s a paragraph about the problem with “planet” not being linguistic. There will be MUCH more about that in the book.
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