X-Git-Url: http://unremediatedgender.space/source?p=Ultimately_Untrue_Thought.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=notes%2Fi-tell-myself-notes.txt;h=ad1129b7dad598c480f312d489dfb1627f7a5f2b;hp=1b3b9b471a644d3b8b05728a3b50d687af57ab74;hb=aae9fca811233f32d47b406ab3eb131e4f23bd02;hpb=5785f48f8cba09aa37ee116cd922af51d07a8089 diff --git a/notes/i-tell-myself-notes.txt b/notes/i-tell-myself-notes.txt index 1b3b9b4..ad1129b 100644 --- a/notes/i-tell-myself-notes.txt +++ b/notes/i-tell-myself-notes.txt @@ -506,3 +506,9 @@ Arguing with a specific person's published words is important, because otherwise (I told people that my father was coming to pick me up at the end of my 72-hour (== 3 days) evaluation period, but that it wasn't fair that I couldn't rescue everyone.) blegg commentary: https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/GEJzPwY8JedcNX2qz/blegg-mode#aAgSDZ4ddHpzj9fNN + +if it's objective, there is truth; if it's not-objective social construction for coordination purposes (like money or Christmas), it is at least subject to _negotiation_ (so "words don't mean anything" isn't a valid excuse) + +http://www.paulgraham.com/marginal.html + +If we _actually_ had the sex change technology described in "Changing Emotions", no one would be motivated to invent these category-gerrymandering mind games in the first place