somervta comments on Aliveness in Training - Less Wrong

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Comment author: somervta 31 October 2013 05:06:19AM *  6 points [-]

Um, ok, one of us is using extremely nonstandard terminology without realizing it, and I don't think it's me. Take an example: "the earth is the closest planet to the sun". This belief is obviously false, but seems perfectly meaningful. Would you describe it as false and meaningless?