Comment by Roga2 on Selling Nonapples · 2008-11-15T08:08:05.000Z · LW · GW

"When you say to build a wagon using "wood", you're giving much more concrete advice then when you say "not wood". There are different kinds of wood, of course - but even so, when you say "wood", you've narrowed down the range of possible building materials a whole lot more then when you say "not wood"."

"When you say to build a wagon using "wood", you're giving much more concrete advice THAN when you say "not wood". There are different kinds of wood, of course - but even so, when you say "wood", you've narrowed down the range of possible building materials a whole lot more THAN when you say "not wood"."