(April 19, 2020 at 6:26 pm)Belacqua Wrote:(April 19, 2020 at 6:23 pm)Mr.wizard Wrote: Then suggesting that agnosticism is being used as a non committal position would be incorrect. If you have answered anything but yes I believe then you have committed to non belief.
And many people who lack belief describe this as agnosticism. It's how many people use the word, whether we like it or not.
I guess you could write to David Mitchell's editors at the Guardian and tell them they don't know how language works. See how far that will get you.
Now your just being dishonest, because you just said that he wanted to use the definition of being non-committal to an opinion.