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> Is "respectable" a purely objective term, or might there be some subjectivity in play? That's exactly why I included flat earth in the list. If you're going
by tgv 3y ago
> Is "respectable" a purely objective term, or might there be some subjectivity in play?
That's exactly why I included flat earth in the list. If you're going to argue like that, why is flat earth not a respectable theory? Astrology? Or that thunder is caused by Orko?
- mistermann 3y agoThis is a good resource: https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/FaJaCgqBKphrDzDSj/37-ways-that-words-can-be-wrong https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/FaJaCgqBKphrDzDSj/37-ways-th... Most fundamentally, it is a combination of set/category theory and ~linguistics, but culture and consciousness play very big roles too.