IlyaShpitser comments on Open Thread: March 4 - 10 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: IlyaShpitser 07 March 2014 10:08:53AM *  0 points [-]

Isn't this the worst argument in the world? I don't think this topic is anywhere near the central element of the set "gossip". Gossip is if we talk about the Kardashians.

It's politics, though.

Comment author: Douglas_Knight 07 March 2014 04:42:39PM 0 points [-]

Gossip has two meanings. One meaning is talking about people you know. That is real political coalition-building. The other is celebrity gossip, where you fool yourself into thinking that you are doing politics.

Comment author: IlyaShpitser 07 March 2014 05:20:57PM *  -2 points [-]

"When I use a word," Humpty Dumpty said, in rather a scornful tone, "it means just what I choose it to mean -- neither more nor less."

I am sorry, but world politics is just not the same as gossip.

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