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

3 Post author: drethelin 16 November 2013 01:36AM

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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.