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 Tags: categorization, epistemology, linkpost
 
 Sorry for the off-topic linkpost, but I want to point to a fascinating [new mathematical philosophy-of-language post](https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/onwgTH6n8wxRSo2BJ/unnatural-categories-are-optimized-for-deception) on _Less Wrong_ [(alternative viewer)](https://www.greaterwrong.com/posts/onwgTH6n8wxRSo2BJ/unnatural-categories-are-optimized-for-deception)! You really have to admire thinkers who can devote so much energy to probing the intricacies of such abstract topics without having any kind of pragmatic ulterior motive.
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@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ But how does Samuel _know_ this? I agree that an accumulation of factors from ce
 In the case of people of African descent, I think we _do_ have a specific candidate for a biological difference affecting COVID-19 outcomes. A randomized clinical trial found that 
 
 
+"Autumn COVID-19 surge dates in Europe correlated to latitudes, not to temperature-humidity, pointing to vitamin D as contributing factor"
+https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-81419-w
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 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960076020302764
 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16549493/
 

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+Title: You Are Right and I Was Wrong: Reply to Tailcalled on Causality
+Date: 2021-02-01
+Category: commentary
+Tags: causality, Tailcalled
+Status: draft
+
+https://surveyanon.wordpress.com/2021/01/01/causality-is-essential-reply-to-mtsw-on-autogynephilia/

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-Agenda to 10 January—
-(10 January) Unnatural Categories Are Optimized for Deception (LW)
-    - get feedback from A.D.+ReductiveSoteriology,TurnTrout
-_ link as Review on "Where to Draw the Boundaries?"
-- Containment thread: reply to Villiam and Pattern
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 - Sexual Dimorphism in Yudkowsky's Sequences, in Relation to
-_ "epilogue, thank you, theory of C., goodbye, &c." email to S.A.
-
+_ You Are Right and I Was Wrong: Reply to Tailcalled on Causality
+ - The Causality of Ethnic Differences in COVID-19 Outcomes Is an Open
 
+ 
 LW—
 - And the Wisdom to Know the Difference
 _ importance of getting the direction of causality right
@@ -21,7 +13,7 @@ _ Twitter/Facebook
 _ Reddit: /r/philosophy, /r/TheMotte, /r/theschism, /r/SneerClub
 _ tags: "The SF Bay Area", "Criticisms of the Rationalist Movement", "Postmortems & Retrospectives"
 
-_ You Are Right and I Was Wrong: Reply to Tailcalled on Causality
+ 
 _ https://www.facebook.com/duncan.sabien/posts/3936528276381860 "Natural does not always mean good." — natural does not always mean good, but at our current tech level, that's actually a really good prior
 _ Novemember 2020 Political Notes; Or, Sen. Kelly Loeffler Is Mostly Living in a Simulation Now
 _ Phenotypic Identity and Memetic Capture
@@ -55,7 +47,7 @@ _ reply to https://thingofthings.wordpress.com/2020/11/16/hermeneutical-injustic
 _ four clusters
 _ Comment on "On the Dangers of Stochastic Parrots" https://www.reddit.com/r/MachineLearning/comments/k77sxz/d_timnit_gebru_and_google_megathread/gepcliq/
  - Amy Wax linkpost
- - The Causality of Ethnic Differences in COVID-19 Outcomes Is an Open
+
 
 
 optimized to confuse and intimidate people trying to use language to reason about the concept of biological sex, even if your conscious verbal narrative never says 'and now I will confuse and intimidate people who want to use language to reason about the concept of biological sex'!"

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 _(content warning too much information about weird fetishes)_  
 _(content warning WTF did I just read)_  
 
-(December 2020, [TODO] words)
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-(You can also think of this as psychological context-setting for my philosophy-of-language Sequence's forthcoming two-post conclusion, "Unnatural Categories Are Optimized for Deception" and "Motivation and Political Context for my Philosophy-of-Language Agenda")
+(February 2021, [TODO] words)
 
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@@ -81,6 +78,8 @@ https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspb.2015.1351
 > I'm just a spirit  
 > Floting in air, floating in air, floating in air!_
 
+the [Sara Bareilles tune I chose as the breakup song](https://genius.com/Sara-bareilles-gonna-get-over-you-lyrics) is probably etched deeper into my auditory cortex than my mother's voice
+
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 Outline for remaining Coda—