alienist comments on The Importance of Sidekicks - Less Wrong

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Comment author: alienist 12 January 2015 03:06:56AM 8 points [-]

What do you see as the crucial difference between "I think there are strong gender overtones here" and "I think that water is wet"?

The fact that that a lot of people saying the first, but not the second, intend to prescriptive connotations.