No, I’m referencing an in-person conversation. (Incidentally, the fact that ialdabaoth fielded that suggestion and still wrote this post with ‘dragon’ makes me worry that they’ve got at least an instinct that it’s the right word in some way I’m missing.)
And I think I see the worry that you’re pointing at here. I think it’s a valid one, though not one that I expect can be resolved entirely through theory; I’d like to see some people work with the ontology for a bit to see which words work in useful ways.
No, I’m referencing an in-person conversation. (Incidentally, the fact that ialdabaoth fielded that suggestion and still wrote this post with ‘dragon’ makes me worry that they’ve got at least an instinct that it’s the right word in some way I’m missing.)
And I think I see the worry that you’re pointing at here. I think it’s a valid one, though not one that I expect can be resolved entirely through theory; I’d like to see some people work with the ontology for a bit to see which words work in useful ways.