Ben_Jones comments on Arguing "By Definition" - Less Wrong

44 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 20 February 2008 11:37PM

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Comment author: Ben_Jones 21 February 2008 10:42:20AM 4 points [-]

You wouldn't feel the need to say, "Hinduism, by definition, is a religion!" because, well, of course Hinduism is a religion. It's not just a religion "by definition", it's, like, an actual religion.

I really, really love this blog.

I've noticed that this recent series from Eliezer over the last two weeks has slowed things down. And while it's not the same breakneck pace of explanation, I think it really suits the subject matter to have it all laid out like that. That inferential gap can never be overestimated!

Godel, Escher, Bach just arrived on my desk at work - a second-hand copy from an eBay bookshop in the States. Looks terrifying!