I observe that you might have caught this mistake earlier via this heuristic: “Using the phrase “by definition”, anywhere outside of math, is among the most alarming signals of flawed argument I’ve ever found. It’s right up there with “Hitler”, “God”, “absolutely certain” and “can’t prove that”.” I should probably rewrite “math” as “pure math” just to make this clearer.
I observe that you might have caught this mistake earlier via this heuristic: “Using the phrase “by definition”, anywhere outside of math, is among the most alarming signals of flawed argument I’ve ever found. It’s right up there with “Hitler”, “God”, “absolutely certain” and “can’t prove that”.” I should probably rewrite “math” as “pure math” just to make this clearer.