Dorikka comments on Do we have it too easy? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Dorikka 03 November 2011 12:07:01AM 2 points [-]

To avoid cult mode, try to avoid the local jargon.

Are there any particularly nasty bits you can think of?

Comment author: Hyena 03 November 2011 08:44:40PM 2 points [-]

One of the things Yudkowsky has done very well is coin memorable phrases for questions about cognitive bias or poor reasoning. Terms like "true rejection" are great mnemonics. But there is also a danger--which Yudkowsky himself would recognize--of forming a group identity around this patois.

That's the jargon I'm talking about. You should think twice before adopting these terms when writing or speaking.