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Many arguments boil down to the definition of a word. Talking about definitions seems worthwhile. We've all heard there are facts and opinions, but there's a 3
by Buttons840 4y ago
Many arguments boil down to the definition of a word. Talking about definitions seems worthwhile.
We've all heard there are facts and opinions, but there's a 3rd category I think: definitions.
- concordDance 4y ago> Many arguments boil down to the definition of a word. And this is awful :( It's normally the Worst Argument in the World: https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/yCWPkLi8wJvewPbEp/the-noncentral-fallacy-the-worst-argument-in-the-world https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/yCWPkLi8wJvewPbEp/the-noncen... Arguing about whether a definition is particularly useful or outlines a cluster of similar things can be good, but it's rare.
- uejfiweun 4y agoThe mods deleted the other thread, but basically what this guy was doing was Sealioning: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sealioning https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sealioning Certainly sometimes it's good to debate a word but this crossed the line into incessant requests for people to do work to come up with ever more definitions and citations.