Eugine_Nier comments on Rationality Quotes January 2014 - Less Wrong
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Influenced by this forum, I repeatedly tried to read up on basic philosophy over the last couple of years, only to recoil in disgust every time, after realizing that the "experts" keep discussing big ideas, big questions and so on without ever properly defining what the hell they are talking about to begin with. No wonder they then disagree on premises and conclusions.
That's because finding the correct definitions of concepts is a big part of the problem.
Absolutely. and those learned scientists should understand as much.