Re: META: what is verbal abuse, anyway? (Caution: foul languageahead/ not wo...

From: Eliezer S. Yudkowsky (sentience@pobox.com)
Date: Wed Dec 12 2001 - 11:26:21 MST


Invective should be creative and should center around mental imagery
rather than leaning on the impact of forbidden words. For example: "You
slime-blooded two-faced son of a garden slug, if you don't stop arguing ad
hominem, I'm going to rip out your useless cerebrum and wear it as a hat."

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Eliezer S. Yudkowsky http://singinst.org/
Research Fellow, Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence



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