Consciousness discourse criticized: respected figures making claims that would fail an undergrad essay
dioscuri · x · 2026-10-09
Dioscuri criticizes people he once respected for making sweeping, uninformed claims about consciousness with arguments that would fail an undergraduate essay. He lists common failure modes: treating intuition as decisive, using analogies without checking structural parallels, conflating distinct theories, and most often simply asserting what needs to be argued. He notes he has written extensively on the field's disagreements, but participants still need to actually think.
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