polymathwannabe comments on The value of ambiguous speech - Less Wrong

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Comment author: polymathwannabe 30 November 2015 09:47:23PM 3 points [-]

As much as I like perfect clarity, brevity does have its uses. When I was reading Atlas Shrugged, I cringed every time a character replied to a comment with "I know it" instead of the normal "I know."