John_Maxwell_IV comments on Bad Concepts Repository - Less Wrong

20 Post author: moridinamael 27 June 2013 03:16AM

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Comment author: John_Maxwell_IV 29 June 2013 06:18:18PM 0 points [-]

I have the annoying habit of answering questions of the type "Is it good/bad, useful/useless, etc." with a counter-question "For which purpose?"

"Should" is another word like this. Generally when people say should, they either mean with respect to how best to achieve some goal, or else they're trying to make you follow their moral rules.