ChristianKl comments on Miracle Mineral Supplement - Less Wrong

16 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 20 November 2012 09:17PM

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Comment author: ChristianKl 29 November 2012 05:05:35PM 1 point [-]

This just shows that etymology is a poor way to determine what words actually mean in the real word. Words have no meaning apart from what people mean when they say the words or listen to them.

Etymological purity has no practical value.