Incorrect comments on Cargo Cult Language - Less Wrong

-1 Post author: SaidAchmiz 05 February 2012 09:32PM

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Comment author: Incorrect 05 February 2012 11:23:24PM *  0 points [-]

Under that interpretation, "it often isn’t clear whether the speaker really knows what he’s saying and means to say it or is simply parroting." is a false dichotomy.

The speaker can know what they mean to say, accidentally say something different, and not be simply parroting. They may even be understood because e.g. using accuracy and precision as synonyms is common vernacular.