I really can’t think of any one single thing. Part of it is I think I hadn’t yet “dehindsightbiased” myself, (still haven’t, except now sometimes I can catch myself as it’s happening and say “No! I didn’t know that before, stop trying to pretend that I did.”)
Another part is that lots of posts helped crystallize/sharpen notions I’d been a bit fuzzy on. Part of it is just, well, the total effect.
Stuff like the Evolution sequence and so on were useful to me too.
If I had to pick one thing that stands out in my mind though, I guess I’d have to say the consciousness sequence. Specifically, making it much easier for me to imagine the day that it could be explained (REALLY explained, in the sense of “ooooh, now it really does make sense”) in terms of perfectly ordinary stuff.
Bits and pieces I’d thought out on my own, but, again, you brought home the point strongly.
That’s the best I can think of as far as specific things. The rest, well, it’s the effect of all of it on me, rather than any single one that I can point to.
EDIT: oh, really really important thing: your definition of, well, definitions. ie, the whole clusters in thingspace, natural boundries around them, etc.
I really can’t think of any one single thing. Part of it is I think I hadn’t yet “dehindsightbiased” myself, (still haven’t, except now sometimes I can catch myself as it’s happening and say “No! I didn’t know that before, stop trying to pretend that I did.”)
Another part is that lots of posts helped crystallize/sharpen notions I’d been a bit fuzzy on. Part of it is just, well, the total effect.
Stuff like the Evolution sequence and so on were useful to me too.
If I had to pick one thing that stands out in my mind though, I guess I’d have to say the consciousness sequence. Specifically, making it much easier for me to imagine the day that it could be explained (REALLY explained, in the sense of “ooooh, now it really does make sense”) in terms of perfectly ordinary stuff.
Bits and pieces I’d thought out on my own, but, again, you brought home the point strongly.
That’s the best I can think of as far as specific things. The rest, well, it’s the effect of all of it on me, rather than any single one that I can point to.
EDIT: oh, really really important thing: your definition of, well, definitions. ie, the whole clusters in thingspace, natural boundries around them, etc.