Jiro comments on Rationality Quotes June 2013 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Jiro 21 November 2013 07:31:37AM -1 points [-]

If someone intends to draw an object with three sides, but they don't know that an object with three sides is a triangle, have they intended to draw a triangle? Whether the answer is yes or no is purely a matter of semantics.

Comment author: linkhyrule5 21 November 2013 08:05:21AM 0 points [-]

Yes, but the question "should we censure this movie/book because it causes harm to (demographic)" is not a question of semantics.