Vaniver comments on Two More Things to Unlearn from School - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Vaniver 23 April 2012 04:42:21PM -1 points [-]

I think I'm RIGHT to do so.

Do capitalized words, and the confidence they represent, result in a more precise map of the territory? Or do they convince us to draw our map to suit them, rather than to suit the lay of the land?