Elias_Kunnas comments on Open Thread: July 2010, Part 2 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Elias_Kunnas 28 July 2010 08:59:14AM *  1 point [-]

Something I wonder about just how is how many people on LW might have difficulties with the metaphors used.

An example: In http://lesswrong.com/lw/1e/raising_the_sanity_waterline/, I still haven't quite figured what a waterline is supposed to mean in that context, or what kind of associations the word has, and neither had someone else I asked about that.

Comment author: Sniffnoy 28 July 2010 09:12:29AM 4 points [-]

I think "waterline" here should be taken in the same context as "A rising tide floats all boats".