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| + | *[http://lesswrong.com/lw/jc/rationality_and_the_english_language/ Rationality and the English Language] by [[Eliezer Yudkowsky]] | ||
*[http://www.overcomingbias.com/2006/12/when_truth_is_a.html When Truth is a Trap] by [[David J. Balan]] | *[http://www.overcomingbias.com/2006/12/when_truth_is_a.html When Truth is a Trap] by [[David J. Balan]] | ||
*[http://lesswrong.com/lw/ny/sneaking_in_connotations/ Sneaking in Connotations] by [[Eliezer Yudkowsky]] | *[http://lesswrong.com/lw/ny/sneaking_in_connotations/ Sneaking in Connotations] by [[Eliezer Yudkowsky]] | ||
Revision as of 11:00, 25 July 2011
Connotation is a subjective cultural and/or emotional coloration in addition to the explicit or denotative meaning of any specific word or phrase in a language, i.e. emotional association with a word.
Blog posts
- Rationality and the English Language by Eliezer Yudkowsky
- When Truth is a Trap by David J. Balan
- Sneaking in Connotations by Eliezer Yudkowsky
- When Truth Isn't Enough by Yvain
- Useless Medical Disclaimers by Eliezer Yudkowsky - Inability of most people to adequately process statistical information causes even mentioning of negative possibilities, with probability however small, to produce significant negative affect.
See also
- Antiprediction
- Not technically a lie
- Affect heuristic
- Inferential distance, Scope insensitivity
- Alief
