QueeneMUSE@aol.com wrote:
>
> In a message dated 5/3/2000 7:40:22 PM Pacific Daylight Time, lee@piclab.com
> writes:
>
> > Why is either of those
> > observations "weird", or in what way did I not state them clearly?
>
> ok
> One: I would never punch you or anyone. To use that as an example sounds
> really strange.
Not if you're talking about the evolutionary origin of politeness.
> Two: you called the list an "audience". This is an extremely odd viewpoint.
Standard writer's terminology. Anyone who encounters a single word you
wrote is an "audience"; to be specific, a "reading audience", unless
it's someone using a phrase of yours on television.
--
sentience@pobox.com Eliezer S. Yudkowsky
http://pobox.com/~sentience/beyond.html
Member, Extropy Institute
Senior Associate, Foresight Institute
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