Nominated. This post was perhaps the most crisply I’ve felt deconfused about a topic.
Noteably, I think I only actually got deconfused on a higher level of abstraction than Stuart was aiming at. My eyes glossed over the technical discussion, and I didn’t understand the post until Chris Leong’s summary. My understanding is that if you actually read and understood the technical discussion then you got even more deconfused.
I’m interested in reviews from people who understood the entire post, but feel like I understood it enough to nominate it. There have been at least one time where I’ve noticed someone being confused about Mary’s Room and I’ve pointed them to this post to resolve it. I have a vague sense of generally being less confused about qualia.
Nominated. This post was perhaps the most crisply I’ve felt deconfused about a topic.
Noteably, I think I only actually got deconfused on a higher level of abstraction than Stuart was aiming at. My eyes glossed over the technical discussion, and I didn’t understand the post until Chris Leong’s summary. My understanding is that if you actually read and understood the technical discussion then you got even more deconfused.
I’m interested in reviews from people who understood the entire post, but feel like I understood it enough to nominate it. There have been at least one time where I’ve noticed someone being confused about Mary’s Room and I’ve pointed them to this post to resolve it. I have a vague sense of generally being less confused about qualia.
I’m glad I saw this nomination. This post is amazing.
Thanks _
Added a summary post here: https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/rmBS5nTJh6pxERWEu/short-summary-of-mairy-s-room