Zaine comments on Welcome to Less Wrong! (2012) - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Zaine 03 April 2012 02:10:16AM *  0 points [-]

Thank you! I'd never really thought of that other (the latter) approach to utilitarianism; that explains a lot.
Nitpick: The use of 'crystallize' in regard to 'thoughts', I think, would only be recommendable when describing a particularly desirable thought process. I understood crystallize to mean elucidate, in this context, but cause for confusion is there.

Comment author: Elithrion 03 April 2012 04:17:58AM 0 points [-]

Thanks! I was sort of using a word experimentally, and it's good to know that it can be a bit confusing. For the record, yes, I did mean it in an elucidate sort of way.