J_Taylor comments on Rationality Quotes April 2012 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: J_Taylor 04 April 2012 10:57:44PM 1 point [-]

They do happen to mean the same thing. This is because the question "What does it mean for some y to be an x?" is a metaphysical question.

"They are probably making some aesthetic claim about why object(A) is more beautiful than object(B)" and "They are probably making some claim about why object(A) is more beautiful than object(B)" also mean the same thing.