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I feel "infers" and "calculates" are still anthropomorphizing. I don't think anthropromorphizing is a bad thing. If something appears to do an action, then it'
by spencerchubb 4y ago
I feel "infers" and "calculates" are still anthropomorphizing. I don't think anthropromorphizing is a bad thing.
If something appears to do an action, then it's a useful shorthand to say that it is doing the action. Even if it is doing something else under the surface
- dragonwriter 4y agoAnthropomorphizing is just (a very specific case of) metaphor; it can be useful in some cases and obstruct understanding badly in others.