Churchill’s exact quote was “Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all those other forms that have been tried from time to time” He was talking about forms of government, not methods of understanding the universe.
I was only drawing a loose analogy.
The majority of philosophers are compatibilists, according to Thrasymachus’s linked poll above.
Then Hobbes decisively solved it, not EY. OTOH, if you are talking about EY’s specific form of compatibilism..
then he has no majority on his side.
Well, even if we don’t speak about things like “Science” or “Testing” or “Occam’s Razor properly utilized”, I think I’ll prefer the “Majority of Informed Opinion that Also Has IQ > 130 And Also One-Boxes in Newcomb’s Dilemma”.
Why is it an improvment to make it parochial? Can’t you see that it trivialises the claim “EY has decisevely solved FW” to add the rider ”..by the LW/EY definition of decisivness”. I could also claim to have solved it by my definition. Parochialism devalues the currency.
Can’t you see that it trivialises the claim “EY has decisevely solved FW”
Downvoted, because I never made that claim, and nobody has made that claim. I said FW/determinism has been solved, I didn’t present EY as the originator of compatibilism, any more than I would have assigned the invention of atheism to him.
I may have tapped out, but don’t you dare make this into an opportunity to misrepresent me. I will still disavow any false statement you assign to me. I’m very territorial about what I have actually said, vs what people attempt to falsely assign to me.
I was only drawing a loose analogy.
Then Hobbes decisively solved it, not EY. OTOH, if you are talking about EY’s specific form of compatibilism.. then he has no majority on his side.
Why is it an improvment to make it parochial? Can’t you see that it trivialises the claim “EY has decisevely solved FW” to add the rider ”..by the LW/EY definition of decisivness”. I could also claim to have solved it by my definition. Parochialism devalues the currency.
Downvoted, because I never made that claim, and nobody has made that claim. I said FW/determinism has been solved, I didn’t present EY as the originator of compatibilism, any more than I would have assigned the invention of atheism to him.
I may have tapped out, but don’t you dare make this into an opportunity to misrepresent me. I will still disavow any false statement you assign to me. I’m very territorial about what I have actually said, vs what people attempt to falsely assign to me.
Do you think there is any novelty to EY’s compatibilism?