content/2021/link-unnatural-categories-are-optimized-for-deception.md

   1 Title: Link: "Unnatural Categories Are Optimized for Deception"
   2 Date: 2021-01-08 14:30
   3 Category: other
   4 Tags: categorization, epistemology, linkpost
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   6 Sorry for the off-topic linkpost, but I want to point to a fascinating [new mathematical philosophy-of-language post](https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/onwgTH6n8wxRSo2BJ/unnatural-categories-are-optimized-for-deception) on _Less Wrong_ [(alternative viewer)](https://www.greaterwrong.com/posts/onwgTH6n8wxRSo2BJ/unnatural-categories-are-optimized-for-deception)! You really have to admire thinkers who can devote so much energy to probing the intricacies of such abstract topics without having any kind of pragmatic ulterior motive.
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