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Nornagest comments on Beyond Smart and Stupid - Less Wrong Discussion

29 Post author: PhilGoetz 17 May 2011 06:25AM

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Comment author: Nornagest 18 May 2011 05:30:00AM *  1 point [-]

Fair enough, but I'm not trying to establish a definition, only to point out that people here use the word to indicate both components alone as well as their conjunction, and that doing so has the potential to generate confusion.

Comment author: Davorak 18 May 2011 01:20:47PM 0 points [-]

I offer the following as a data point for calibration: I think you had already communicated effectively that you were not trying to establish a definition.

I also agree.