-[TODO: 2 June, I send an email to Cade Metz, who had DMed me on Twitter
-https://slatestarcodex.com/2020/09/11/update-on-my-situation/
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+He never got back to me.
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+[TODO: three weeks later, Slate Star Codex went down]
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+I continued to work on my "advanced" philosophy of categorization thesis. The disclaimer note that Scott Alexander had appended to "... Not Man for the Categories" after our Christmas 2019 discussion had said:
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+> I had hoped that the Israel/Palestine example above made it clear that you have to deal with the consequences of your definitions, which can include confusion, muddling communication, and leaving openings for deceptive rhetorical strategies.
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+(It's not surprising that Scott
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+[by his own admission, he's not a math guy](https://slatestarcodex.com/2015/01/31/the-parable-of-the-talents/)
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+[TODO: blowing up at a stray remark; robot cult to stop tricking me]