> if you accept the possibility of an autocatalytic set of memes,
> then you also accept that that "starting points" in reasoning
> are like axioms in maths. You just have to believe in some points.
I do accept the possibility of autocatalytic sets of memes. I do
not accept that autocatalytic sets have starting points.
> The very idea of an autocatalytic set reminds me of what we usually
> term circular arguments.
Only for very small sets.
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