I infer "believe, and implicitly think your opinion is authoritative"
Looking at the definition of (5) when compared with (1)-(4), I can't see how you could agree with (1)-(4) and not agree with (5),
Possibly 5 was calamitously mis-phrased since everyone seems to disagree completely with my interpretations.
Eg. when google was invented, there were no really decent internet search engines. Someone devoting themselves to inventing google fulfils (1) to (4) for the problem of "no decent internet search engines". You define yourself as the guy solving that problem (4). But that doesn't mean you think that lack is one of the most important issues facing society (5) and go around saying "vote for the design a search engine party" and "we should all change the dictionaries to use words indicative of a mindset supportive of designing search engines", and I think if you did you'd be a loony.
Conversely, if you're a civil liberties campaigner in America when slavery was still legal, (5) is entirely justified and anyone who didn't agree was selling themselves short.
I think in current day england, women's rights (5) falls somewhere between those two cases. For instance, possibly a political party devoted to equal rights for women would be a good idea, but maybe respelling common words is too much.
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Date: 2008-05-02 04:01 pm (UTC)I infer "believe, and implicitly think your opinion is authoritative"
Looking at the definition of (5) when compared with (1)-(4), I can't see how you could agree with (1)-(4) and not agree with (5),
Possibly 5 was calamitously mis-phrased since everyone seems to disagree completely with my interpretations.
Eg. when google was invented, there were no really decent internet search engines. Someone devoting themselves to inventing google fulfils (1) to (4) for the problem of "no decent internet search engines". You define yourself as the guy solving that problem (4). But that doesn't mean you think that lack is one of the most important issues facing society (5) and go around saying "vote for the design a search engine party" and "we should all change the dictionaries to use words indicative of a mindset supportive of designing search engines", and I think if you did you'd be a loony.
Conversely, if you're a civil liberties campaigner in America when slavery was still legal, (5) is entirely justified and anyone who didn't agree was selling themselves short.
I think in current day england, women's rights (5) falls somewhere between those two cases. For instance, possibly a political party devoted to equal rights for women would be a good idea, but maybe respelling common words is too much.