The balancing concern is that, in the case of “too small to be worthwhile”, we want people to not consider it, and there are strong biases that make people consider it a la but there’s still a chance! If anything less than “absolutely zero evidence” lets people consider evidence—and overestimating the evidence is worse than underestimating it—then it is preferred language.
Controlling behavior by removing the ability to express concepts. Lets call this new language ‘newspeak’. :)
If newspeak increases my utility in dealing with certain agents, I desire to speak in newspeak to them. If newspeak decreases my utility in dealing with certain agents, I desire to speak normally to them. Let me not become attached to the perception of newspeak as intrinsically evil.
I too do all sorts of things with other agents that do not necessarily involve accurate communication. Violence and dirty talk spring to mind as a couple of examples.
Communication transfers ideas from one person to another. If technically correct communication transfers false ideas, it is deception. Accurate communication transfers correct ideas with high fidelity, which isn’t necessarily equivalent to technically correct communication.
Controlling behavior by removing the ability to express concepts. Lets call this new language ‘newspeak’. :)
If newspeak increases my utility in dealing with certain agents, I desire to speak in newspeak to them. If newspeak decreases my utility in dealing with certain agents, I desire to speak normally to them. Let me not become attached to the perception of newspeak as intrinsically evil.
I too do all sorts of things with other agents that do not necessarily involve accurate communication. Violence and dirty talk spring to mind as a couple of examples.
Communication transfers ideas from one person to another. If technically correct communication transfers false ideas, it is deception. Accurate communication transfers correct ideas with high fidelity, which isn’t necessarily equivalent to technically correct communication.