I don’t see what useful information the motte and bailey lingo actually conveys that equivocation and deception and bait-and-switch didn’t. And I distrust any turn of phrase popularized in the LessWrong-o-sphere. If they like it, what bad mental habits does it appeal to?
actually you know what? with all the motte and baileying, you can take a month off. bye!
Petition to replace “motte and bailey” per the Batman clause with “lying like a dipshit”.
I fucking love how goddamn structured kym is ito semiotics and symbolism
it’s an amazing confluence that might not have happened if persons unknown didn’t care, but they did. and thus we have it! phenomenal
Isn’t this a case of ‘the good bits are not original and the original bits are not good’. According to wikipedia it is from 2005.
various forms of equivocation
I don’t see what useful information the motte and bailey lingo actually conveys that equivocation and deception and bait-and-switch didn’t. And I distrust any turn of phrase popularized in the LessWrong-o-sphere. If they like it, what bad mental habits does it appeal to?
The original coiner appears to be in with the brain-freezing crowd. He’s written about the game theory of “braving the woke mob” for a Tory rag.