I read the title and immediately thought “that’s a phrase that’s going to bother people”.
The fact that people here tend to prefer wordy literalisms to a catchy bit of clear poetic license is really illustrative of Less Wrong’s cognitive profile.
I’m sure it goes hand-in-hand with everything I like about the place, but it is a custom that irks me.
I read the title and immediately thought “that’s a phrase that’s going to bother people”.
The fact that people here tend to prefer wordy literalisms to a catchy bit of clear poetic license is really illustrative of Less Wrong’s cognitive profile.
I’m sure it goes hand-in-hand with everything I like about the place, but it is a custom that irks me.