No, it certainly was a philosopher, prominent one... maybe even Dennett. I'll see if I can dig the reference
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Replying to @IrisVanRooij @Abebab and
Though I also agree with
@neuroconscience, in that I've also seen neuroscientists dismiss the problem, or even claim they solved it, while evidently they did not understand the problem or what even could count as 'solving' it.1 reply 0 retweets 5 likes -
Replying to @IrisVanRooij @Abebab and
I didn't mean to wade into a specific debate about the hard problem. I have respect for it, and also for substantive critiques of it. Less so for the 3-pints in 'let me tell you why philosophy is all rubbish' attack : )
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Replying to @neuroconscience @IrisVanRooij and
Only slightly less grating than the 'I'm a hardcore computational neuroscientist and I believe philosophy is just people making stuff up in flowery language, also my epistemology is about 300 years dated' bloke.
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Replying to @neuroconscience @IrisVanRooij and
The funniest/most puerile takes I have had to contend with come from people who thinking "just doing science" isn't going to involve making theoretical/philosophy of science decisions.
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Replying to @o_guest @neuroconscience and
"Whatever I measure is all that is real" is just the lamest philosophical position
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Replying to @JCSkewesDK @Abebab and
what about "if you can spray them, they're real" (ian hacking referring to electrons)
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Replying to @theblub @JCSkewesDK and
@rogierK BRB, gonna measure one single neuron 6 million times. I'm sure it will generalize to the rest.1 reply 0 retweets 5 likes -
Replying to @neuroconscience @JCSkewesDK and
I have no idea what you are saying (starting with what does BRB mean) my apologies
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brb = be right back
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