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 don’t think “truth” is a good term here. How about, “widely applicable models” falsified outside of their usual domain?
‘Local’ is a suitable qualifier to make this distinction I’d say. Local basically means ‘falsified outside its domain’.
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.