Viral zinger: philosophy of mind discourse is where smart people reason worst
wordgrammer · x · 2026-10-02
wordgrammer retweeted Andy Masley's widely praised quip that philosophy-of-mind discourse on Twitter is where very smart people consistently argue like "moron rocks could never orbit the Earth because their telos is to be close to the ground." The jab targets recurring bad-faith reasoning in debates over whether AI can have a mind, highlighting the quality of AI consciousness discourse online.
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