According to a LessWrong post, our biggest disagreements aren't failures of reasoning—they're refusals of clarity. Philosopher jimmy critiques Gordon's book on fundamental uncertainty by arguing that we deliberately avoid the contextual language-switching we use everywhere else. When clarity matters, people ask 'does this contain gluten?' rather than fight over what tea means. Yet in culture wars over definitions—'man,' 'woman,' marriage—both sides insist on fighting over The One True Meaning. The real uncertainty, argues jimmy, isn't fundamental. It's chosen.

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