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pjeby comments on Creating a Text Shorthand for Uncertainty - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: pjeby 21 October 2013 12:15:03AM 0 points [-]

Several years ago some people made the language E-Prime in large part to make this uncertainty crystal clear

E-prime doesn't do anything in particular for uncertainty as such; mostly what it does is prevent the mind projection fallacy and keep various kinds of opinions and confused thinking from masquerading as facts.