I think that “don’t be an idiot” is far too terse a package.
In Lumifer’s defense, this thread demonstrates pretty conclusively that “the principle of charity” is also far too terse a package. (:
For an explanation, agreed; for a label, disagreed. That is, I think it’s important to reduce “don’t be an idiot” into its many subcomponents, and identify them separately whenever possible,
Mm—that makes sense.
“the principle of charity” is also far too terse a package
Well, not quite, I think the case here was/is that we just assign different meanings to these words.
P.S. And here is yet another meaning...
In Lumifer’s defense, this thread demonstrates pretty conclusively that “the principle of charity” is also far too terse a package. (:
For an explanation, agreed; for a label, disagreed. That is, I think it’s important to reduce “don’t be an idiot” into its many subcomponents, and identify them separately whenever possible,
Mm—that makes sense.
Well, not quite, I think the case here was/is that we just assign different meanings to these words.
P.S. And here is yet another meaning...