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This isn't a Yudkowsky post, but this attitude demonstrates the root problem with that crowd.
"I've often wished for a list of cases where philosophy has proven
useful, or has at least anticipated science in drawing correct
conclusions."
Modern science
is a philosophy, and the next "rationalist" I hear draw this false dichotomy will be beaten to death with the jawbone of Francis Bacon.
Comments
Let's start with a little book called The Art of War and work from there.
I a long time ago had a falling out with "rationalism" when I realized that rationalists were often no better than eighteenth-century witch hunters. Just that instead of basing their beliefs in a corrupted version of God, they're basing them in a corrupted version of Science.
Define "philosophy".
And every time I see Francis Bacon I can't help but think of this guy instead.
That's a rather idiosyncratic definition, isn't it?
Not that Feynman ever tried to figure out what reality was, the punk.
If you're cool with amphetamine-induced seizures and all.
In any case, I highly doubt that Eliezer would decline to call his methodology something other than applied philosophy. Nor would most of the crowd, methinks. Speaking of which, I have never seen this Phil guy on there.