X-Git-Url: http://unremediatedgender.space/source?p=Ultimately_Untrue_Thought.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=notes%2Fsexual-dimorphism-in-the-sequences-notes.md;h=c20f3c973d373981523bf502c2e67ac6f3ac0dfa;hp=ff9c00189d4564635018733ecad3462a6f903a91;hb=4c6ca2554761de4971d6b914215897695ddb807f;hpb=772300b77effd0b8ba5443be0fce144be86611c0 diff --git a/notes/sexual-dimorphism-in-the-sequences-notes.md b/notes/sexual-dimorphism-in-the-sequences-notes.md index ff9c001..c20f3c9 100644 --- a/notes/sexual-dimorphism-in-the-sequences-notes.md +++ b/notes/sexual-dimorphism-in-the-sequences-notes.md @@ -2,23 +2,22 @@ Resolved: publish "Sexual Dimorphism" soon as just the first part, the political TODO for "Sexual Dimorphism"— -https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/vjmw8tW6wZAtNJMKo/which-parts-are-me -------- -Like when someone in the _Overcoming Bias_ comment section addressed me as "Mr.", and I - -_ playing dumb initials anecdote -Me pretending to be dumb about someone not pretending to be dumb about my initials https://www.overcomingbias.com/2008/04/inhuman-rationa.html ; contrast that incident (it's not an accident that he guessed right) to Yudkowsky: "I try to avoid criticizing people when they are right. If they genuinely deserve criticism, I will not need to wait long for an occasion where they are wrong." (https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/MwQRucYo6BZZwjKE7/einstein-s-arrogance) - --------- +Or there was the time I responded to [paraphrase P.G.'s comment] with [my comment] and Michael Vassar threated to get me banned, which _ Vassar clapback anecdote https://www.overcomingbias.com/2008/06/why-do-psychopa.html#comment-518267438 ------------- - +I need a single paragraph that quickly hits these points: +* not understanding the difference between reasoned argument and demonizing the outgroup +* what G. said +* what I said +* Michael Vassar threatened to ban me: https://www.overcomingbias.com/2008/06/why-do-psychopa.html#comment-518267438 +* this ruined my day crossdressing in front of Seanan and Katie +------------ -------END OF NEEDED SCENES------- @@ -486,7 +485,21 @@ A common trope in female transformation erotica (search for _tg caption blog_ if Intuitively, when I imagine how I want transformation technology to work, I imagine speaking accents "going with the body". Native speakers of a language are more likely to confuse homophones, because https://www.greaterwrong.com/posts/wAW4ENCSEHwYbrwtn/other-people-s-procedural-knowledge-gaps/comment/yTdJm7JjPJPynwS3a +Or there was the time I took issue with someone in the _Overcoming Bias_ comment section addressed me as "Mr.": + +Depending on the cost you assign to a misclassification, you could argue that he _shouldn't_ have assumed—high Scabble-score letters notwithstanding—but in retrospect, I'm _embarrassed_ at my prickliness: he assumed _correctly_. (Yudkowsky: ["I try to avoid criticizing people when they are right. If they genuinely deserve criticism, I will not need to wait long for an occasion where they are wrong."](https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/MwQRucYo6BZZwjKE7/einstein-s-arrogance)) + +("only because of the demographics of this community") + + +My question was sufficiently mild that I'm not sure the anecdote is worth including—or I can't figure out how to make it fit + +> Did you have any specific evidence that I in particular am male, or were you just relying on your priors, knowing the demographics of our community? + +_ playing dumb initials anecdote +Me pretending to be dumb about someone not pretending to be dumb about my initials https://www.overcomingbias.com/2008/04/inhuman-rationa.html ; contrast that incident (it's not an accident that he guessed right) to Yudkowsky: +, something you should be able to ["consider [...] open-mindedly and then steal only the good parts"](https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/YicoiQurNBxSp7a65/is-clickbait-destroying-our-general-intelligence). -, something you should be able to ["consider [...] open-mindedly and then steal only the good parts"](https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/YicoiQurNBxSp7a65/is-clickbait-destroying-our-general-intelligence). \ No newline at end of file +linking to the Twitter thread about chromosomes actually isn't fair; that wasn't the point EY was making (https://archive.is/y5V9i) \ No newline at end of file