Comment by oconnor663 on If Many-Worlds Had Come First · 2015-05-09T00:39:35.377Z · LW · GW

Eliezer, don't you have a whole post about why you shouldn't use examples from politics if you can possibly avoid it?

Comment by oconnor663 on A Fable of Science and Politics · 2015-05-01T22:19:32.992Z · LW · GW

The Japanese until fairly recently used the word blue to refer both blue and green. The green light on stoplights is still called blue by convention. I've heard stories from people who get confused when their own grandparents talk about colors.