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NancyLebovitz comments on Open Thread, November 15-22, 2013 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: NancyLebovitz 21 November 2013 02:48:42PM 4 points [-]

Even among biblical literalists, very nearly none believe in a spherical Earth (often citing parts of the bible that call the world a sphere!), and that's been the case for over a millennium.

Is this a typo for "very nearly none believe in a flat Earth"?

Comment author: gattsuru 21 November 2013 03:57:41PM 3 points [-]

Gah, yes. Thank you for catching that.

Comment author: NancyLebovitz 21 November 2013 04:44:08PM 2 points [-]

I'm a little surprised no one caught it sooner.

Comment author: arundelo 22 November 2013 09:32:34AM 4 points [-]

This failure mode of saying the reverse of what was meant is called misnegation. Often it's accompanied by readers or listeners taking the intended meaning without noticing the mistake.

Comment author: lmm 22 November 2013 08:19:15AM 0 points [-]

I saw it sooner, but posting a correction seemed nitpicky.

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