The semantic treadmill is tiring. We constantly need to invent new words for the same concepts. And the most damaging moment in this transition is when origina

The semantic treadmill is tiring. We constantly need to invent new words for the same concepts. And the most damaging moment in this transition is when original connotations get coupled with later meanings. I.e. "psychopaths do not use empathy" gets equated with "psychopath bad and dangerous". It's a bit like the argument that if you're not religious, you're amoral, as you have no emotional reason (fear & shame of God) to be moral. Which is obviously not the case.