Scott Alexander introduces the concept of 'ambijectivity' to describe statements that are neither purely subjective nor objective, using musical and astronomical examples to illustrate the idea.
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Scott Alexander explores the concept of 'ambijectivity' - statements that are neither purely subjective nor purely objective. He uses examples like comparing Mozart and Beethoven's music, or defining what constitutes a planet, to illustrate how seemingly subjective statements can have elements of objectivity. The post argues that ambijective statements are undefined over a set of possible meanings, and can be broken down into more specific, objective questions. The subjectivity comes from how we weight these different questions in composing the meta-question. This framework helps explain why some comparisons (like Mozart vs. a child's toy piano playing) feel more objective than others.
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