Pfft comments on That other kind of status - Less Wrong

72 Post author: Yvain 29 December 2009 02:45AM

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Comment author: Pfft 29 December 2009 06:01:22PM 2 points [-]

Ah, but surely Yvain has high enough status in this particular community that we can consider him (her? zim? zer? What z-pronoun goes here?) as a groundbreaking visionary instead?

Comment author: whpearson 29 December 2009 06:20:52PM *  0 points [-]

Zir or hir. According to wikipedia

I prefer Ve, because that was the first one I came across. I forget which one Eliezer uses, but I have seen him use one, so we are ground breaking in a number of different directions. I'd like to standardise if possible and they (sing) is not sufficient.

Comment author: Yvain 29 December 2009 06:42:31PM 2 points [-]

I always thought ve was limited to transhumans.

Comment author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 29 December 2009 10:54:25PM 17 points [-]

"Ve" was supposed to be for actual gender-neutral entities, transhuman or otherwise. In any case I gave up and started using "they" or "it".

Comment author: Zack_M_Davis 29 December 2009 11:07:22PM *  0 points [-]

In my book, ey/em/eir is the only semifeasible option, because it's memorable.