David_Gerard comments on Our Phyg Is Not Exclusive Enough - Less Wrong
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Sounds plausibly related, and well spotted ... but it's not obvious to me how they're functionally converses in practice to the degree that you could talk about one in place of talking about the other. This is why I want someone on hand who's thought about it harder than I have.
(And, more appositely, the problem here is specifically a complaint about newbies.)
I wasn't suggesting that one replaced the other, but that one was conceptually useful in thinking about the other.
Definitely useful, yes. I wonder if anyone's sent Shirky the evaporative cooling essay.