OK. There might not be a clean definition of meaning. However, what this sub thread is about Shminux’s
right to set up a personal definition, and use it to reject criticism.
Valid point. Any “gerrymandered” definitions should be done with the intent to clarify or simplify the solution towards a problem, and I’d only evaluate them on their predictive usefulness, not how you can use them to reject or enforce arguments in debates.
OK. There might not be a clean definition of meaning. However, what this sub thread is about Shminux’s right to set up a personal definition, and use it to reject criticism.
Valid point. Any “gerrymandered” definitions should be done with the intent to clarify or simplify the solution towards a problem, and I’d only evaluate them on their predictive usefulness, not how you can use them to reject or enforce arguments in debates.
“Gerrymandering” has the connotation of self-serving, as in the political meaning of the term. Hence I do not see it as ever being useful.