X-Git-Url: http://unremediatedgender.space/source?a=blobdiff_plain;f=notes%2Fa-hill-of-validity-sections.md;h=dca8cb8eb99d2afb55ce92e69f89ef5463285332;hb=9f63da44d66d89a4396cddc606d210612ed2cc12;hp=f729abb94c84e32fb5137a76af5921b53d5043a9;hpb=f09389e711d3b41bd4b3b4da8ca492033e08afd3;p=Ultimately_Untrue_Thought.git diff --git a/notes/a-hill-of-validity-sections.md b/notes/a-hill-of-validity-sections.md index f729abb..dca8cb8 100644 --- a/notes/a-hill-of-validity-sections.md +++ b/notes/a-hill-of-validity-sections.md @@ -425,3 +425,9 @@ back in 'aught-nine, Anna commented that no one in our circle was that old, as i > He says he likes "monastic rationalism vs. lay rationalism" as a frame for the schism Ben is proposing. > I suspect Scott is calling the wrong side monastic, though - we basically believe it can be done by lay people, he doesn't. I'll be pleasantly surprised if he gets the sides right, though. + +Dawkins and Dennett have joined the intellectual gender-ID skeptics; shame that Yudkowsky can't reach that level + +• at least Sabbatai Zevi had an excuse: his choices were to convert to Islam or be impaled https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabbatai_Zevi#Conversion_to_Islam + +Really, self-respecting trans people who care about logical consistency should abhor Scott and Eliezer's opinions—you should want people to use the right pronouns _because_ of your gender soul or _because_ your transition actually worked, not because categories are flexible and pronouns shouldn't imply gender