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ChristianKl comments on Open thread, August 4 - 10, 2014 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: ChristianKl 04 August 2014 10:54:41PM 0 points [-]

The average difference between different cups of tea are probably greater than the differences between different kinds of black tea. I don't see how using a wider category is helpful for giving people an idea about how much caffeine a bar of chocolate happens to have.

A cup of black tea is an amount that the average person wouldn't drink right before bed. If you have a better metric for given people a meaningful idea about the amount of caffeine in chocolate feel free to suggest one.

Comment author: gwern 05 August 2014 01:01:22AM 0 points [-]

I don't see how using a wider category is helpful for giving people an idea about how much caffeine a bar of chocolate happens to have.

And I don't see why you should make distinctions which don't make a difference, and engage in false precision.

A cup of black tea is an amount that the average person wouldn't drink right before bed.

And they would drink a cup of white tea, green tea, or oolong tea right before bed?

If you have a better metric for given people a meaningful idea about the amount of caffeine in chocolate feel free to suggest one.

I already did: 'a cup of tea'.

Comment author: ChristianKl 05 August 2014 09:11:19AM 2 points [-]

And I don't see why you should make distinctions which don't make a difference, and engage in false precision.

There are various kind of herbal tea that don't have any coffeine in them and I do drink them before going to bed.

Comment author: gwern 05 August 2014 04:06:21PM 0 points [-]

Yes, but people don't usually mean herbal teas or tisanes when they say 'tea'.

Comment author: ChristianKl 06 August 2014 09:54:06AM 2 points [-]

Yes, but people don't usually mean herbal teas or tisanes when they say 'tea'.

That depends very much on the people with whom you interact.

Comment author: Antiochus 06 August 2014 07:55:48PM 0 points [-]

Caffeinated tea, then?