shokwave comments on Open Thread: September 2011 - Less Wrong

5 Post author: Pavitra 03 September 2011 07:50PM

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Comment author: shokwave 06 September 2011 08:50:49AM 1 point [-]

Among the many things Darwin did, some could be called science. Anthropomorphizing natural evolution is not one of the science-things he did.

Comment author: sam0345 06 September 2011 09:09:55AM -2 points [-]

Language means what the great use it to mean. You can disapprove of that usage, but misunderstanding the meaning is not a sign of superiority.

Comment author: ArisKatsaris 06 September 2011 09:24:10AM 1 point [-]

misunderstanding the meaning is not a sign of superiority.

Misunderstanding indeed isn't a sign of superiority, but neither is being misunderstood.