prase comments on Be careful with thought experiments - Less Wrong

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Comment author: prase 19 May 2012 09:21:16AM 0 points [-]

But if someone didn't know about P-violation and couldn't see us, the only ‘definitions’ they could possibly give would be ones based on said contingent facts.

That's an unfortunate fact about impossibility to faithfully communicate the meaning of some terms in certain circumstances, not about the meaning itself.