Qiaochu_Yuan comments on The Relation Projection Fallacy and the purpose of life - Less Wrong Discussion
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I think using the word "purpose" to describe optimizations by non-human agents makes it too easy to anthropomorphize the relevant agents and should be avoided. I am not sure what a good non-technical substitute word might be. Maybe "point"?