Laura__ABJ comments on 2-Place and 1-Place Words - Less Wrong

46 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 27 June 2008 07:39AM

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Comment author: Laura__ABJ 27 June 2008 03:22:01PM 1 point [-]

Eliezer- Yes, the map is not the territory. Though you are correct in asserting that everyone has their own sexual evaluation function, if you want to 'carve reality at its joints,' you need to acknowledge that common patterns exist in human sexual attraction.