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Kawoomba comments on Notes on Autonomous Cars - Less Wrong

21 Post author: gwern 24 January 2013 03:09AM

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Comment author: Eugine_Nier 26 January 2013 02:59:53AM 2 points [-]

"I personally object to X, therefore X should be forbidden for everyone."

You seem to be confusing "I don't like X" with "I object to X". The following two examples should help illustrate proper usage:

I don't like chocolate.

I object to baby eating.

Comment author: Kawoomba 26 January 2013 06:57:24AM 0 points [-]

I don't like chocolate - I object to chocolate - Chocolate should be illegal!

I'm not confusing those, I claim those are all too easily confused in the general population.

Comment author: Eugine_Nier 27 January 2013 12:27:36AM * 4 points [-]

I'm not confusing those,

Looking at all your comments in this thread, it seems to me that you are. At the very least you don't seem to have exerted any effort thinking about how to tell whether something is like chocolate or like baby-eating.