I think people, maybe even Noah included, are reading a bit too much into what seems to be a simple case of crossed wires, or neurons, in this case.<p>Just this weekend I called my cousin, whom I&#x27;ve been close friends with for over a decade, by his brother&#x27;s name.  It was the first time I&#x27;ve seen him in about a year but we&#x27;ve been very close for very long.  I was thinking about his brother in the moment I meant to use his name and it just came out.  There was no thought.<p>I like the article.  It&#x27;s important to talk about this sort of thing.  But the comments here...  Please consider they are essentially casting judgement on people for not actively thinking to themselves, &quot;Call them X, call them X...&quot; in the moment X should come out of their mouths.  What human actually does that in the normal course of verbal communication?  Why are we expecting people to do such a thing?