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Comment author: Will_Newsome 17 April 2012 12:26:47PM 1 point [-]

Thanks much; I'll keep your opinion in mind while re-reading the meta-ethics sequence/CEV/CFAI. I might be being unduly uncharitable to Eliezer as a reaction to noticing that I was unduly (objectively-unjustifiably) trusting him. (This would have been a year or two ago.) (I notice that many people seem to unjustifiably disparage Eliezer's ideas, but then again I notice that many people seem to unjustifiably anti-disparage (praise, re-confirm, spread) Eliezer's ideas;—so I might be biased.)

(Really freaking drunk, apologies for errors, e.g. poltiically unmotivated adulation/anti-adulation, or excessive self-divulgation. (E.g., I suspect "divulgation" isn't a word.))

Comment author: thomblake 17 April 2012 12:29:23PM 1 point [-]

I suspect "divulgation" isn't a word.

Not to worry, it means "The act of divulging" or else "public awareness of science" (oddly).

Comment author: [deleted] 17 April 2012 12:32:35PM 0 points [-]

"public awareness of science" (oddly).

I mean, it's not so odd. di-vulgar-tion; the result of making public (something).

Comment author: thomblake 17 April 2012 12:43:12PM 0 points [-]

di-vulgar-tion

Well,

divulge
divulgate
divulgation

But yeah, I just find it odd that it's a couple of steps removed from the obvious usage. I ask myself, "Why science specifically?" and "Why public awareness rather than making the public aware?"