Comment by denotational
3 days ago
Right, but if you fill in the shorthand there’s no reason to think it’s circular; it’s just a normal definition at that point, albeit one without much motivation.
3 days ago
Right, but if you fill in the shorthand there’s no reason to think it’s circular; it’s just a normal definition at that point, albeit one without much motivation.
But it's not possible to fill in the shorthand unless you already know what it stands for. Hence: the shorthand is not useful for communicating information, only for social signaling.