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Comment author: ialdabaoth 16 October 2012 11:02:34PM *  4 points [-]

Follow-up: I'm trying to sort through my memories and experiences to provide three concrete examples, and am realizing the more I try that I don't have a sufficiently concrete definition of "primate pack-bonding ritual" to actually discretize and present three examples.

Thank you for providing me the opportunity to realize this.

I'm going to need quite awhile to process the implications, but when I do, I will get back to you.

Comment author: shminux 16 October 2012 11:04:15PM 0 points [-]

Cool. Updating on evidence is what LW is all about.

Comment author: ialdabaoth 16 October 2012 11:06:49PM 1 point [-]

Quite! It is frustrating, however, that I know I mean SOMETHING by those words; the realization that what I mean is too fuzzy to quantitatively express is creating an uncomfortable level of emotional irritation.

Comment author: shminux 16 October 2012 11:24:07PM *  -1 points [-]

It should. Consider rephrasing your statement as "I think that I know that I mean SOMETHING by those words", which is a true fact, unlike your statement, which may or may not be true, and see if you can trace why you think that you do know that.