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kpreid comments on The function of belief - advice appreciated. - Less Wrong Discussion

1 Post author: Goobahman 25 March 2011 05:28AM

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Comment author: kpreid 25 March 2011 12:22:09PM 15 points [-]

Hi Less Wrongers and Less Wrongerettes,

I dislike this wording as unnecessarily promoting male-as-unmarked-state.

Comment author: drethelin 25 March 2011 02:05:00PM *  11 points [-]

also it's just plain clumsy sounding

Comment author: ata 26 March 2011 01:28:13AM *  4 points [-]

Also, even if it didn't use the male-as-default construction, if it instead used male and female terms that were both modified from a base word by approximately equal amounts, it would still promote the silly idea that gender is something that always has to be pointed out every time you refer to people.

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