X-Git-Url: http://unremediatedgender.space/source?p=Ultimately_Untrue_Thought.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=content%2Fdrafts%2Fcategories-were-made-for-man-in-order-to-make-predictions.md;h=e8901fc7f8680de929a61bfa02a227d23b32e2ef;hp=5e4b59af983ed304a5566a8520788960feb6d528;hb=430dd5d489c1afac57806ac37bf2cea97bd2c04c;hpb=b1095476411e3682302b1ffdf880b598aaddde8c diff --git a/content/drafts/categories-were-made-for-man-in-order-to-make-predictions.md b/content/drafts/categories-were-made-for-man-in-order-to-make-predictions.md index 5e4b59a..e8901fc 100644 --- a/content/drafts/categories-were-made-for-man-in-order-to-make-predictions.md +++ b/content/drafts/categories-were-made-for-man-in-order-to-make-predictions.md @@ -1,9 +1,17 @@ -Title: Categories Were Made for Man in Order to Make Predictions +Title: The Categories Were Made for Man in Order to Make Predictions Date: 2018-03-01 5:00 Category: commentary Tags: epistemology, Scott Alexander Status: draft +> I said, "The truth is whatever you can get away with." +> +> "No, that's journalism. The truth is whatever you can't escape." +> +> —_Distress_ by Greg Egan + +In ["The Categories Were Made for Man, Not Man for the Categories"](TODO: linky), the immortal Scott Alexander + OUTLINE— * First, the basic point is obviously correct.