ThisSpaceAvailable comments on Rationality Quotes November 2014 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: timujin 28 November 2014 02:08:37PM -1 points [-]

I'm a bit confused by the word "spell", and wonder whether you mean the fourth definition given here: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/spell?s=t

More like the first definition. I meant, you can perform some linguistical acrobatics and say "complexity, but not difficulty" in a compact way, but that wouldn't be a proper way to say it from the perspective of strict Russian grammar, and you are not guaranteed to be universally understood.

Comment author: ThisSpaceAvailable 19 December 2014 07:19:23AM 0 points [-]

So, you are saying that it is impossible to say what letters are in the word?

Comment author: timujin 19 December 2014 04:07:34PM -2 points [-]

No.

Comment author: ThisSpaceAvailable 28 February 2015 04:31:32AM *  0 points [-]

You said "More like the first definition." The first definition is "to name, write, or otherwise give the letters, in order, of (a word, syllable, etc.)". Thus, I conclude that you are saying that it is impossible to name, write, or otherwise give the letters, in order, of the word "complexity". I have repeatedly seen people in this community talk of "verified debating", in which it is important to communicate with other people what your understanding of their statements is, and ask them whether that is accurate. And yet when I do that, with an interpretation that looks quite straightforward to me, I get downvoted, and your only response is "no", with no explanation.