From 6d0b420652b96481352e1543554be2e1656af4b3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake" Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2018 08:47:27 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] publish "The Categories Were Made for Man to Make Predictions" --- .../the-categories-were-made-for-man-to-make-predictions.md | 5 ++--- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) rename content/{drafts => 2018}/the-categories-were-made-for-man-to-make-predictions.md (99%) 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. -- 2.17.1