For example, suppose I want someone to think that making use of human biases is a bad thing, and so I label that activity using words with negatively weighted denotations like “exploit” and “dark.”
What have I made worse, by so doing?
Now that was well done. Although technically you would have counter-factually made the universe worse according to your values. You will have lost a small measure of respect from your audience and by so doing reduced your social influence—a critical instrumental resource. Even worse your credibility will have decreased most specifically when it comes to moral authority.
Now that was well done. Although technically you would have counter-factually made the universe worse according to your values. You will have lost a small measure of respect from your audience and by so doing reduced your social influence—a critical instrumental resource. Even worse your credibility will have decreased most specifically when it comes to moral authority.
(nods) Agreed, given that my audience is such that I lose more respect/influence/authority than I gain. Which some audiences are.