wnoise comments on Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality discussion thread, part 2 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: wnoise 30 August 2010 03:30:45AM 3 points [-]

Some jargon actually isn't much more efficient.

Comment author: Pavitra 30 August 2010 03:32:33AM 2 points [-]

Those terms of jargon are probably being used for ingroup identification.

Comment author: wnoise 30 August 2010 03:37:16AM 0 points [-]

Yes, of course, in the cases that have sprung to my mind.

Comment author: TobyBartels 01 September 2010 12:01:33AM *  1 point [-]

Good point. I hereby amend my comment to say that this is the characteristic feature of useful (or appropriate) jargon. (So now I am making the claim that group identification is neither useful nor appropriate, which of course isn't always true either.)