From: M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2018 16:47:27 +0000 (-0800) Subject: publish "The Categories Were Made for Man to Make Predictions" X-Git-Url: http://534655.efjtl6rk.asia/source?a=commitdiff_plain;h=6d0b420652b96481352e1543554be2e1656af4b3;p=Ultimately_Untrue_Thought.git publish "The Categories Were Made for Man to Make Predictions" --- diff --git a/content/drafts/the-categories-were-made-for-man-to-make-predictions.md b/content/2018/the-categories-were-made-for-man-to-make-predictions.md similarity index 99% rename from content/drafts/the-categories-were-made-for-man-to-make-predictions.md rename to content/2018/the-categories-were-made-for-man-to-make-predictions.md index 7384454..4a2dc27 100644 --- a/content/drafts/the-categories-were-made-for-man-to-make-predictions.md +++ b/content/2018/the-categories-were-made-for-man-to-make-predictions.md @@ -1,8 +1,7 @@ Title: The Categories Were Made for Man to Make Predictions -Date: 2018-03-01 5:00 +Date: 2018-02-23 08:45 Category: commentary Tags: epistemology, Scott Alexander, sex differences, two-type taxonomy, whale metaphors -Status: draft > I said, "The truth is whatever you can get away with." > @@ -144,7 +143,7 @@ This is not rationality. This isn't even kindness. We're _smarter_ than this. ----- -Alexander ends his post by citing, as "one of the most heartwarming episodes in the history of one of my favorite places in the world," the case of 19th century San Francisco resident [Joshua Norton](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Norton), who proclaimed himself Emperor Norton I of the United States and Protector of Mexico and whose claims to power were widely humored by local citizens. Restaurants accepted currency issued in his name, the city's Board of Supervisors bought him a uniform. +Alexander ends his post by citing, as "one of the most heartwarming episodes in the history of one of my favorite places in the world," the case of 19th century San Francisco resident [Joshua Norton](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Norton), who proclaimed himself Emperor Norton I of the United States and Protector of Mexico and whose claims to power were widely humored by local citizens. Restaurants accepted currency issued in his name; the city's Board of Supervisors bought him a uniform. Norton's story is certainly _entertaining to read about_ a hundred and forty years after the fact. But before endorsing it as a model of humane behavior, I think it's worth dwelling on what it would be like to live through, not just read about as a historical curiosity.