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Language ought to "cleave reality at the joints" - i.e. approximate an information-theoretically optimal encoding. If you start screwing over the 99.9%ile case
by knaekhoved 4y ago
Language ought to "cleave reality at the joints" - i.e. approximate an information-theoretically optimal encoding.
If you start screwing over the 99.9%ile case to slightly improve the remaining 0.1%, you are not approximating an optimal encoding.
- detaro 4y agoHow does referring to someone as "pregnant person" instead of "pregnant woman" "screw them over"?
- rejectfinite 4y agoRead the article. Its a lot of other things baked into that.