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comment by Gordon Seidoh Worley (gworley) · 2019-04-14T16:59:58.566Z · LW(p) · GW(p)

Overall it seems like you're making a coherent enough point (meaningness is subjective), but I think the writing style makes that a bit hard to pick out. I can tell you've gotten some downvotes, and my guess is that it's because it's hard reading this to tell much about why you think this is or really given much in the way of specific arguments a person might engage with towards this point. I'm not saying I agree or disagree with you here, merely that I find it hard to follow your reasoning because it feels like there are many gaps in it in your writing, even if there aren't in your head.

I see you are rather new to the site, so I say this because I want to make sure you don't end up bouncing off because you get some downvotes. People generally respond well here to writing that is proof-like: well structured, aims to show something, and is clear about its starting assumptions (including assumptions about the audience; I felt like this post was arguing a point against an invisible other view that was never made very clear to me).

Hope that helps.