Thanks much; I’ll keep your opinion in mind while re-reading the meta-ethics sequence/CEV/CFAI. I might be being unduly uncharitable to Eliezer as a reaction to noticing that I was unduly (objectively-unjustifiably) trusting him. (This would have been a year or two ago.) (I notice that many people seem to unjustifiably disparage Eliezer’s ideas, but then again I notice that many people seem to unjustifiably anti-disparage (praise, re-confirm, spread) Eliezer’s ideas;—so I might be biased.)
(Really freaking drunk, apologies for errors, e.g. poltiically unmotivated adulation/anti-adulation, or excessive self-divulgation. (E.g., I suspect “divulgation” isn’t a word.))
But yeah, I just find it odd that it’s a couple of steps removed from the obvious usage. I ask myself, “Why science specifically?” and “Why public awareness rather than making the public aware?”
Thanks much; I’ll keep your opinion in mind while re-reading the meta-ethics sequence/CEV/CFAI. I might be being unduly uncharitable to Eliezer as a reaction to noticing that I was unduly (objectively-unjustifiably) trusting him. (This would have been a year or two ago.) (I notice that many people seem to unjustifiably disparage Eliezer’s ideas, but then again I notice that many people seem to unjustifiably anti-disparage (praise, re-confirm, spread) Eliezer’s ideas;—so I might be biased.)
(Really freaking drunk, apologies for errors, e.g. poltiically unmotivated adulation/anti-adulation, or excessive self-divulgation. (E.g., I suspect “divulgation” isn’t a word.))
Not to worry, it means “The act of divulging” or else “public awareness of science” (oddly).
I mean, it’s not so odd. di-vulgar-tion; the result of making public (something).
Well,
divulge
divulgate
divulgation
But yeah, I just find it odd that it’s a couple of steps removed from the obvious usage. I ask myself, “Why science specifically?” and “Why public awareness rather than making the public aware?”