If you post an argument online, and the only opposition you get is braindead arguments and insults, does it confirm you were right? Or is it just self-selection of those who argue online?
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It sounds like the reactions among the well-informed just aren't being routed to you. E.g. https://www.scottaaronson.com/blog/?p=3553 .
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If it's not obvious why Aaronson didn't think much of the no-free-lunch argument, see e.g.https://arbital.com/p/4lx/
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"because the real universe is a special case" is a good way of putting it
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For what it’s worth, when I have spoken to coworkers about your article, I heard critiques very similar to those in Scott’s response, and did not hear any stronger agreement than Scott’s.
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Read it; there is unfortunately no argument going on, and he seems to have misread my post. Too bad.
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This is a pattern I see a lot: people getting worked up about a specific headline or a specific sentence, and locking on that instead of trying to consider the underlying reasoning or the more general point
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