The reason I find the definition not very useful is because it can be interpreted in so many different ways. The aim of this post was to show the four main ways you could interpreted it. When I read the definition my first interpretation was âhinge broadnessâ, while I suspect your interpretation was âhinge reductionâ. Iâm not saying that hinge broadness is the âcorrectâ definition of hingeyness, because there is no âcorrectâ definition of hingeyness until a community of language users has made it a convention. There is no convention yet so Iâm purposefully splitting the concept into more quantifiable chunks in the hope that we can avoid the confusion that comes from multiple people using the same terms for different concepts. Since I failed to convey this I will slightly edit this post to clear it up for the next confused reader. I added one sentence, and tweaked another sentence and a subtitle. The old version of the post can be found on LessWrong.
I think those changes help clarify things! I just didnât quite understand your intent with the original wording/âheading. I think it is a good idea to try to highlight the potential different definitions for the concept, as well as issues with those definitions.
The reason I find the definition not very useful is because it can be interpreted in so many different ways. The aim of this post was to show the four main ways you could interpreted it. When I read the definition my first interpretation was âhinge broadnessâ, while I suspect your interpretation was âhinge reductionâ. Iâm not saying that hinge broadness is the âcorrectâ definition of hingeyness, because there is no âcorrectâ definition of hingeyness until a community of language users has made it a convention. There is no convention yet so Iâm purposefully splitting the concept into more quantifiable chunks in the hope that we can avoid the confusion that comes from multiple people using the same terms for different concepts.
Since I failed to convey this I will slightly edit this post to clear it up for the next confused reader. I added one sentence, and tweaked another sentence and a subtitle. The old version of the post can be found on LessWrong.
I think those changes help clarify things! I just didnât quite understand your intent with the original wording/âheading. I think it is a good idea to try to highlight the potential different definitions for the concept, as well as issues with those definitions.