thelittledoctor comments on Be careful with thought experiments - Less Wrong

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Comment author: thelittledoctor 18 May 2012 04:11:43PM 3 points [-]

What a silly thought experiment. The fact that two people use one word to refer to two different things (which superficially appear similar) doesn't mean anything except that the language is imperfect.

Case in point: Uses of the word "love".