Jiro comments on 2014 Less Wrong Census/Survey - Less Wrong

88 Post author: Yvain 26 October 2014 06:05PM

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Comment author: Jiro 01 November 2014 06:23:27PM *  4 points [-]

The rest of us, though, those of us who believe that all words should by virtue of their existence have a use

Supernatural under a definition which implies it cannot exist still has a use. The word is a useful label to talk about people's beliefs; of course it's possible to believe in things which cannot exist.