wedrifid comments on Rationality Quotes December 2014 - Less Wrong

8 Post author: Salemicus 03 December 2014 10:33PM

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Comment author: bramflakes 26 December 2014 12:14:57AM 2 points [-]

I think this is about the only scenario on LW that someone can be justifiably downvoted for that statement.

Comment author: wedrifid 31 December 2014 11:14:19AM 2 points [-]

I think this is about the only scenario on LW that someone can be justifiably downvoted for that statement.

I up-voted it for dissenting against sloppy thinking disguised as being deep or clever. Twisting the word 'god' to include other things that do fit the original, literal or intended meaning of the term results in useless equivocation.