Commenting Matters Monday, Nov 9 2009
meta 11:44 pm
Did you know that David Chalmers commented on my recent post analyzing my critique of him? True fact. Also see my recent comment to Vladimir Nesov on why psychedelics can be useful for philosophy, though Vlad wasn’t convinced in the end, and I will be thinking about his points.
You know, anyone can comment on these posts, but I made it a bit more difficult recently because I thought I was getting too many dumb and not-well-thought-out comments. Comments reflect on the blog as a whole. It used to be that all my comments were good, then the blog got more popular, then bad comments started sneaking in. Once people start making short, snide, and stupid comments, it’s a runaway effect where everyone feels they should make them, and the whole comments section goes to hell, like it has on every mainstream site.
I wanted to tell anyone how to register for the site, so you can comment. Just visit this link and you can create a registration specifically for this site, or log in with your Open ID. Then you can comment. However, I will reserve the right to delete your comments and/or ban you if I think they contribute to the entropic degradation of the comments section. Cheers, and happy complex thinking!




Hmm. Nesov’s comment seemed like an excuse to me. Experience or data have a VERY good track record in informing theories that don’t strictly need them. Think of natural selection.