pragmatist comments on Open thread, Oct. 6 - Oct. 12, 2014 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: pragmatist 07 October 2014 12:48:40PM *  5 points [-]

There is no such thing as a default LW user either, as far as I'm aware. "Statistically predominant" is not the same concept as "default". We can decide whether or not to treat a certain behavior or property or whatever (if any) as the default in a particular context. We can't in general decide which behavior/property/whatever is the statistically predominant one.

Comment author: Lumifer 08 October 2014 03:22:36PM 1 point [-]

There is no such thing as a default LW user either

True. Still, for certain basic drives one's gender matters and writing out two (at least :-D) cases is often too much hassle for a simple comment.