TorqueDrifter comments on Checklist of Rationality Habits - Less Wrong

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Comment author: TorqueDrifter 26 November 2012 08:25:23PM -1 points [-]

To comment on the linguistic issue, yes this particular argument is silly, but I do think it is legitimate to define a word and then later discover it points out something trivial or nonexistent. Like if we discovered that everyone would wirehead rather than actually help other people in every case, then we might say "welp, guess all drives are selfish" or something.