| ▲ | senderista 4 days ago | |
But the usage of "purpose" here simply doesn't make sense on any plausible interpretation I can find. Scott Alexander tried as well and failed: https://www.astralcodexten.com/p/come-on-obviously-the-purpo... More discussion: https://www.astralcodexten.com/p/highlights-from-the-comment... Here is a counterpoint: https://rivalvoices.substack.com/p/the-purpose-of-posiwid-is... | ||
| ▲ | cwmoore 3 days ago | parent [-] | |
He makes the point that it may not always be applicable, eg. the purpose of internal combustion is not to ruin the air. Pretty obtuse on law enforcement, who don’t honestly do much regarding crime that doesn’t incarcerate people, and does not close the circuit on his similes, but entrenches behind the strawman projection “the system must have been designed by evil people who were deliberately trying to hurt you, and so you should become really paranoid and hate everyone involved.” I usually like that author’s train of thought but this is insufficient reasoning. | ||