From 3f85ad4730eced258c93df160bfdfecf3e7bf779 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake" Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2021 08:34:22 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] check in --- content/drafts/book-review-facing-reality.md | 1 + notes/notes.txt | 13 +++++++++++++ notes/post_ideas.txt | 1 + 3 files changed, 15 insertions(+) diff --git a/content/drafts/book-review-facing-reality.md b/content/drafts/book-review-facing-reality.md index ecad1bd..b3eb58a 100644 --- a/content/drafts/book-review-facing-reality.md +++ b/content/drafts/book-review-facing-reality.md @@ -196,3 +196,4 @@ https://richardhanania.substack.com/p/tetlock-and-the-taliban Mob Justice Is Trampling Democratic Discourse https://archive.is/aVTpr +https://aeolipera.wordpress.com/2014/10/15/observations-on-smarter-african-americans/ \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/notes/notes.txt b/notes/notes.txt index 4ded1c2..39d4613 100644 --- a/notes/notes.txt +++ b/notes/notes.txt @@ -2805,3 +2805,16 @@ The Codex paper https://arxiv.org/pdf/2107.03374.pdf https://abigailshrier.substack.com/p/should-public-schools-be-allowed https://ovarit.com/o/GenderCritical/41402/i-don-t-think-this-pronouns-thing-will-work-the-way-tras-want-it-to + +I only argue my theories, because those were the theories I needed to _make sense_ of my _own_ life, not to meddle in politics for its own sake. If you think I've become un-updateable, great—can you tell me what _specific_ updates I should have made, especially about myself? + +My attempted Intellectual Turing Test of your position is, "If you think transitioning might make you happier, then do it; if not, don't; and feel free to experiment. The etiology of _why_ some people are trans (where 'trans' means, 'would be made happier by transitioning') is unknown and there could be multiple contributing factors, but none of that is decision-relevant." + +(Passing an ITT on the first try is hard, but I hope that was pretty close?) + +And when people say things like this, I can never understand the "none of that is decision-relevant" part. It seems to be precribing a diagnosis and an intervention while refusing to have any _specific_ model of what the problem _is_. (Where an example of a specific model might be, "Brain sex exists, and gender dysphoria happens when your brain sex doesn't match your body.") + +But when I try to think about the specifics and talk about the specifics (rather than somehow making a decision about what would make me happy, without any particular model of the world of myself), everyone tells me I'm wrong and un-updateable and have already written my bottom line. + +Testosterone as a major component of predicting genius +https://aeolipera.wordpress.com/2015/08/11/testosterone-as-a-major-component-of-predicting-genius/ diff --git a/notes/post_ideas.txt b/notes/post_ideas.txt index 4f2102a..b930022 100644 --- a/notes/post_ideas.txt +++ b/notes/post_ideas.txt @@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ _ Challenges to Yudkowsky's Pronoun Reform Proposal _ A Hill of Validity in Defense of Meaning Minor queue— +_ Model-Free Happiness _ Student Dysphoria, and a Previous Life's War _ Subspatial Distribution Overlap and Cancellable Stereotypes _ Sticks and Stones -- 2.17.1