And it's a meta-rational activity.
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the LessWrong diaspora has a method/tool called "tabooing" words. It means taking a moment to fully describe what one means by a word before proceeding. It's excellent for not getting bogged down in arguments over semantics & is essential to have a logical/philosophical convo.
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How is it different from the practice of defining terms in academic work? Besides obviously that it’s done outside of that context. I’m not being facetious, I’ve always wondered if there was some aspect of tabooing I was missing.
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No, you’re not missing anything it’s not different at all
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I swear like 50% of disagreements I have with non-rats end up just being dumb arguments over definitions
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definitely one of the most useful things I've gotten out of LW
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Yess! Thank you, I've been trying to find a method (or if that fails of developing my own) to help people through discussions, especially in co-creative contexts, when they seem to be in conflict but actually discuss separate things. This is perfect.
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I have a tough time separating the practice from its evolution by the reactionary LW diaspora, in which a writer writes said definition but then obviously ignores it. Then when someone quotes the writer, they use the definition as plausible deniability.
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