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23h	comment	Morally speaking, 1+1=2 @J.R. Thanks for adding the reference, and I agree that the discussion is interesting. However, this isn't a discussion forum - being 'interesting' isn't enough to make the cut. This particular question was specifically about the origins and meaning of the word 'morally' in the context of mathematical proof; Your answer is largely tangential, and the part that does discuss the meaning of the word is speculative. Valuable though your insight is, the stack exchange format requires us to stay on-topic in answers if the utility of the site is to be maintained.
1d	comment	Morally speaking, 1+1=2 @Lucas Oughtn't he have made it a comment, then?
1d	comment	Morally speaking, 1+1=2 -1 This does not answer the question or provide references.
Jun 11	comment	What does “dead as a door nail” mean? Dickens was paid by the word, and so more than one of his books opens with this kind of waffle. Fortunately for his fans, he was also very, very good at it.
Jun 7	comment	Why do we say that an obscene joke is “off-color”? Blue is also the colour of lust, if I recall correctly.
Jun 6	comment	What are the correct ways to express parenthetical comments? Even if I were to agree with your claim that parenthetical comments should never be used outside of the two contexts you permit, they can be used in other contexts, and often are; You have not answered the OP's question by explaining how to use them in the contexts you have rejected. -1.
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Jun 5	comment	Is there a word to describe the state of believing you know something that is false? All those words require deliberate action on the part of a third party, and while the OP's example does include that, it's not necessarily a required feature of the requested term.
May 31	comment	What could be the equivalent term in British or Australian English to the American English word “hillbilly”? I tend to think of bogans as more suburban than hillbillies, but still a good fit.
May 30	comment	Practicing English Should this perhaps be migrated to ELL.SE? I'm honestly not sure.
May 30	comment	words for numbers The advantage of memorizing a collection of words is that once you have it, you can use it to memorise other numbers you come across more easily. Series of words are easier to remember than series of numbers, you see, because the mind makes them into little stories. See also "Correct Horse Battery Staple."
May 27	comment	Dilution of the word “hero” to include sports personalities I'm not sure how this answers the question.
May 27	comment	How many spaces should come after a period/full stop? Possibly because of the first sentence? Or maybe that your argument is unattributed?
May 24	comment	What does “a couple” mean to you, and what does “a few” mean to you? You might want to add some punctuation to this - I initially read it as "One couple is equal to two fews, or three or more severals," and nearly down-voted this answer as a result.
May 23	comment	What does “English as second language” mean? @Kris Even if the order in which languages are learned doesn't have any relevance to how well those languages are learned, that doesn't change the meaning of the term 'English as a Second Language.' Also, what does the US have to do with it?
May 23	comment	Is there any word for people who are strongly against artificial intelligence? @BillFranke I do think that using an overly broad term when a more specific one is meant could be considered insulting or inaccurate. Asimov wrote of the Frankenstein Complex, Eclipse Phase refers to bioconservatism... Similar concepts are well-known, so surely some SF author has coined a term already.
May 23	comment	Is there any word for people who are strongly against artificial intelligence? @BillFranke Sorry, I didn't notice your links, thanks for pointing them out.
May 23	comment	Is there any word for people who are strongly against artificial intelligence? @BillFranke Despite your irony, common use of the word 'technology' is decidedly biased towards the kind with blinking lights. Still, you've raised a fair point: 'Technology' and 'technophobe' are significantly broader in meaning than the term the OP is asking for, which is specifically related to various forms of artificial intelligence, rather than to all possible technological innovations. If the OP is looking for a specific label rather than a blanket insult, 'technophobe' and 'luddite' might not be appropriate.
May 22	comment	Is ‘anything in a skirt” a popular idiom? Does it have special overtones? @BillFranke You didn't actually say what we should do if referring to jailbait. That unfinished sentence has generated an air of mystery!
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