Re: Guessing?

Bob Badour <bbadour@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Gene Wirchenko wrote:

Bob Badour <bbadour@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

paul c wrote:

The more I muse about it, the more I imagine that whatever the word for
non-anthro...phizing is, that should be the name of some as yet
undiscovered 'design Principle'.

An antonym of anthropomorphize is objectify. I am not too fond of that
either.

Is there a safe word?

What? Like prophylactic?

No. If I am not supposed to anthromphise or objectify, what do I
do?

Sincerely,

Gene Wirchenko

Computerese Irregular Verb Conjugation:
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You have biases.
He/She has prejudices.
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