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PhilipL comments on The cup-holder paradox - Less Wrong Discussion

18 Post author: PhilGoetz 26 March 2013 04:47AM

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Comment author: [deleted] 26 March 2013 03:38:26PM 11 points [-]

There's a tendency (at least in this post's comments) to throw around the word "insane" as a synonym for "LW-style irrational". It does not mean what you think it means.

Comment author: Qiaochu_Yuan 26 March 2013 08:07:20PM 4 points [-]

I know how Eliezer is using the word "insane."

Comment author: Pavitra 27 March 2013 12:05:15PM 0 points [-]

Just because $CELEBRITY uses it that way doesn't make it right. This usage is conflating two usefully distinct concepts.