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It's not wrong to care about phrasing when that phrasing leads to wrong results. Anthropomorphising evolution as a designer is a classic mistake to make precise
by tgb 10y ago
It's not wrong to care about phrasing when that phrasing leads to wrong results. Anthropomorphising evolution as a designer is a classic mistake to make precisely because it causes us to make real mistakes. The parent post makes a big claim which is based entirely off a mistaken metaphor.
- sn9 10y agoEven biologists and anatomists use the same language as shorthand when they know the audience understands what the shorthand means. It's just more convenient.