I understand your point, but I do think there’s a serious, deep-rooted bias here, which boils down to trying to fit reality into ‘common usage’ and mental categories. People slip up with this all the time, hence it’s worthy of analysis and discussion.
Plus, if Eliezer was content to just disdainfully ignore the Ignorant Masses and talk to someone else, I don’t imagine he’d be writing a blog entry here every day.
tcpkac, you mean like a blog comment thread?
I understand your point, but I do think there’s a serious, deep-rooted bias here, which boils down to trying to fit reality into ‘common usage’ and mental categories. People slip up with this all the time, hence it’s worthy of analysis and discussion.
Plus, if Eliezer was content to just disdainfully ignore the Ignorant Masses and talk to someone else, I don’t imagine he’d be writing a blog entry here every day.