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Eliezer Yudkowsky lays out the Bayesian reductionist argument in his Zombies sequence: http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Zombies_(sequence) http://wiki.lesswrong.c
by req2 17y ago
Eliezer Yudkowsky lays out the Bayesian reductionist argument in his Zombies sequence: http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Zombies_(sequence) http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Zombies_(sequence)
It's a good accessible read, mentions a few of the interesting questions zombies can shed light on, and has a fair number of reader comments and responses.
- hegemonicon 17y agoJust replying to say that anyone who read the original article should go read this - it meticulously lays out why the idea of p-zombies is utterly incoherent.
- gjm11 17y agoIn particular, anyone with a passing familiarity with the issue is likely to find the movie script at http://lesswrong.com/lw/pn/zombies_the_movie/ http://lesswrong.com/lw/pn/zombies_the_movie/ extremely funny.
- MikeCapone 17y agoYou beat me to it. I was going to post that link, but now all I can do is recommend that people check it out, as well as other sequences by Eliezer: http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Sequences http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Sequences