Eliezer_Yudkowsky comments on With whom shall I diavlog? - Less Wrong

9 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 03 June 2009 03:20AM

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Comment author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 06 June 2009 04:42:32AM 0 points [-]

Um... I am very well aware of the concept of linguistics, thank you. I was speaking rhetorically.

(EDIT: Though Steven Pinker is still a fine suggestion.)

Comment author: komponisto 07 June 2009 03:25:43AM 2 points [-]

I was speaking rhetorically.

Be that as it may, a wise person once wrote:

SPEAK THE TRUTH, EVEN IF YOUR VOICE TREMBLES.

Plenty of people are less acquainted with linguistics; surely, then, it's a good idea to avoid saying things that are actually false (especially when they would reinforce a common misconception that experts in the subject are constantly trying to stamp out).