I’m surprised that this point is controversial enough that Eliezer felt the need to make a post about it, and even more surprised that he’s catching heat in the comments for it. This “reductionism” is something I believe down to the bone, to the extent that I have trouble conceptualizing the world where it is false.
Seconded.
I suppose the next post is on how a non-reductionist universe would overwhelmingly violate Occam’s Razor?
Hmmm… from my understanding, Occam’s Razor is not actually a Law, just an overwhelmingly useful Heuristic. Thus, I’m not sure that “violating” Occam’s Razor means more than just saying that something is “far less likely”. I don’t believe it can be used to prove that a non-reductionist universe is “not true”.
I’m surprised that this point is controversial enough that Eliezer felt the need to make a post about it, and even more surprised that he’s catching heat in the comments for it. This “reductionism” is something I believe down to the bone, to the extent that I have trouble conceptualizing the world where it is false.
Seconded.
I suppose the next post is on how a non-reductionist universe would overwhelmingly violate Occam’s Razor?
Hmmm… from my understanding, Occam’s Razor is not actually a Law, just an overwhelmingly useful Heuristic. Thus, I’m not sure that “violating” Occam’s Razor means more than just saying that something is “far less likely”. I don’t believe it can be used to prove that a non-reductionist universe is “not true”.