I wonder how it would change society if our language didn't have any normative language in it ("People should do X"), and instead we were forced to rely on conditional predictions ("If people do X, I predict Y will happen")
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Replying to @juliagalef
You mean we get zapped or something if we use normative language? Or we just forgot the words? If latter, circumlocution/coining/adaptation of other words -> new normative words ASAP
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Replying to @simplic10 @juliagalef
No, she just suggests zapping the normies until they behave
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Or rather: if normies could be stopped from imposing beliefs without priors, society would be negotiated via incentives and rational arguments.
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Replying to @Plinz @juliagalef
This would totally stunt much of our social technology. Normative statements are not in general replaceable with an equivalent but "less spooky" descriptive one
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Replying to @simplic10 @juliagalef
Nerd communities that are built on mutual respect for autonomy and shared preference of outcome seem to work extremely well. Friction mostly happens at the interface with normies.
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Replying to @Plinz @juliagalef
I'll take your word for it, but I don't think eliminating normative lingo would make either nerds or normies better off in any way.
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Maybe your definitiom of "normative" is thin enough that it basically means tabooing "should" statements. I guess that could work although it seems pointless to me and would require kludges to route around.
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Again though, "you should finish that report by Monday" is not replaceable with some sort of prediction. Trying to do so just means pointless burning of social capital in inevitable misunderstandings.
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“If you finish that report by Monday, we can use it to update our purchase decision for July”
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