Comment on Welcome to Less Wrong! (2012)

Wed, 02 May 2012 18:56:43 GMT

I don't think those definitions really capture some of the relevant connotations that weirdness has related to accuracy and consistency. I personally didn't even realize the exact problem you had with the commenter because the way zhe used "weird" made perfect sense to me.

I also don't like prescriptivist theories of grammar very much and think that the original comment was clearly understandable and was perhaps less clearly intended to subvert the common belief that "QM is weird", which is a belief that has been criticized in multiple places on this website, and I appreciated the creative attempt to get rid of the flawed belief by reframing "normalcy".

My initial overview of these comments made me believe there was a lack of communication, now I see the initial hints I missed that show that you're upset because words like "weird" are used informally. My bad for the initial comment, then.

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