Not at all. Having fixed points proves LFW wrong, not right.
Okay; I got the impression that you had it backward from the post, one reason was this quote:
Fortunately for the argument, the assumption of continuity for g is plausible in some real-world settings
Where I thought “the argument” refers to Caplan, but continuity is bad news for Caplan, not good news.
Anyway, if your point is that showing the existence of fixed points would disprove LFW (the contrapositive of LFW → no fixed points], then I take back what I said about your post not being relevant for LFW. However, I maintain that Caplan’s argument has no merit either way.
I think we agree that Caplan’s argument has no merit. As I’ve said in another comment, the reason I quote Caplan is that his remark in the podcast is what prompted me to think about the subject. I don’t attribute any of my arguments to Caplan and I don’t claim that his argument makes sense the way he conceived of it.
Okay; I got the impression that you had it backward from the post, one reason was this quote:
Where I thought “the argument” refers to Caplan, but continuity is bad news for Caplan, not good news.
Anyway, if your point is that showing the existence of fixed points would disprove LFW (the contrapositive of LFW → no fixed points], then I take back what I said about your post not being relevant for LFW. However, I maintain that Caplan’s argument has no merit either way.
I think we agree that Caplan’s argument has no merit. As I’ve said in another comment, the reason I quote Caplan is that his remark in the podcast is what prompted me to think about the subject. I don’t attribute any of my arguments to Caplan and I don’t claim that his argument makes sense the way he conceived of it.