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Jiro comments on There is no such thing as strength: a parody - Less Wrong Discussion

25 Post author: ZoltanBerrigomo 05 July 2015 11:44PM

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Comment author: Jiro 07 July 2015 03:03:12PM 3 points [-]

When people say things like "intelligence doesn't exist" or "race doesn't exist", they are often using what on SSC is referred to as "motte and bailey"--that is, their claims that they don't exist are true based on narrow definitions, but they then apply those claims when much broader definitions are not in use.