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Eliezer S. Yudkowsky wrote:
>>Well, I don't know about this "informed discussion" business, but I
can
>>tell you he's wrong. Nothing in there explains "Why does anything
exist
>>at all?" I don't know where people got the idea this wasn't a >>legitimate question of physics, but nobody will ever get the complete >>laws written down, much less justified, without knowing the answer. >>Furthermore, this guy doesn't make any experimental predictions, and >>from what I understood, I doubt he ever will.
Jon Reeves
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Eliezer S. Yudkowsky wrote:
>>Well, I don't know about this "informed discussion" business, but I can
>>tell you he's wrong. Nothing in there explains "Why does anything exist
>>at all?" I don't know where people got the idea this wasn't a
>>legitimate question of physics, but nobody will ever get the complete
>>laws written down, much less justified, without knowing the answer.
>>Furthermore, this guy doesn't make any experimental predictions, and
>>from what I understood, I doubt he ever will.
This is a sophist argument. If nothing existed we wouldnt be here to argue about it.
That kind of question can only be answered in a religious or philosophical way.
Jon Reeves