From: M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2017 23:28:07 +0000 (-0800) Subject: tweak wording to clarify that I know that "the good kind" exists X-Git-Url: http://534655.efjtl6rk.asia/source?a=commitdiff_plain;h=87db92bd9a5e28cddccee683abf1c9907fbd10a0;p=Ultimately_Untrue_Thought.git tweak wording to clarify that I know that "the good kind" exists --- diff --git a/content/2017/smart.md b/content/2017/smart.md index 5004534..ea2f592 100644 --- a/content/2017/smart.md +++ b/content/2017/smart.md @@ -5,6 +5,6 @@ Tags: autogynephilia, cathartic "High-IQ educated people like to think we're _so smart_. But we're just _not_—at least not in a straightforwardly prosocial way. Any double-digit-IQ Trump voter from West Virginia could tell you that men who think they're women are delusional perverts. -"I know. I prefer not to _phrase_ it that way, either, because like you—like everybody who matters—I think gender-dysphoric males _should_ have a respected place in Society to pursue their dream if that's what makes them happy. +"I know. I prefer not to _phrase_ it that way, either, because like you—like everybody who matters—I think males with late-onset gender dysphoria _should_ have a respected place in Society to pursue their dream if that's what makes them happy. "But if you ignore the derogatory _style_ of that way of _phrasing_ it and just ask about the predictions made by the mental model that generated the derogatory phrasing, _men who think they're women are delusional perverts_ is the _correct theory_! If _really smart_ people who are _really good_ at philosophy can't get this _really easy_ question right because saying the right answer out loud in clear language makes us look bad—what are we good for? Why should people who aren't _already_ ideologically allied with us _care_?"