When people say things like “intelligence doesn’t exist” or “race doesn’t exist”, they are often using what on SSC is referred to as “motte and bailey”—that is, their claims that they don’t exist are true based on narrow definitions, but they then apply those claims when much broader definitions are not in use.
When people say things like “intelligence doesn’t exist” or “race doesn’t exist”, they are often using what on SSC is referred to as “motte and bailey”—that is, their claims that they don’t exist are true based on narrow definitions, but they then apply those claims when much broader definitions are not in use.