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Comment author: bogus 14 February 2013 02:05:45AM 0 points [-]

Well, yes. I'm using scare quotes around the terms "objective" and "fact", precisely to point out that I am using them in a more general way than the term of art is usually defined. Nonetheless, I think this is useful, since it may help dissolve some philosophical questions and perhaps show them to be ill-posed or misleading.

Needless to say, I do not think this is "being loose with language". And yes, sometimes I adopt a distinctive writing style in order to make a point as clearly as possible.