Classical liberal. Music fanatic. Lean: consequentialist, utilitarian, Georgist. Humans are not special. E-Prime clarifies thought. Principle of Charity.
@ETVPod@FondOfBeetles @ClareCAIS "Identity" seems like a characterization of rich experiences filtered through some sort of essentialism. The latter strikes me as a net negative phenom, so regardless of the frequency of self-identity, it seems best to personally minimize its reach, a la https://t.co/E5djKr3NjV
@fuzzbool@DerekPederson3@TheLastNeocon That it’s *very common* that women’s breasts are sexualized in a variety of human cultures obviously plausibly occurs causally downstream of the fact that breasts are…secondary sexual characteristics indicating sexual maturity.
@justholyshit@waitbutwhy Specifically, it's the device of "logical extreme". I'm not sure why you don't think that's an example of it, but fine to disagree. The pro-socialist response might be "no, not true, socialism would be fine with high-inequality condos and mansions vs a more equal but lower std".
@justholyshit@waitbutwhy It’s a logical extreme isolating the factor he’s criticizing. Maybe you don’t agree with his point (that socialists oppose inequality even when everyone is better off than before) but the delivery is fine.
@SteveKerins Why treat differently than any of the 1A rights? Yes, it clearly refers to a pre-existing right, like 1A. They all have unspecified limits, sure.
@KarenFOrlando@byrne_a "Identity" usage seems very abused these days. I "know" I have a stomach - does that mean I have an "eater identity"? Should people "identify as" a spleen haver? It's nonsensical usage. Seems like there's a bad conflation between self-conception and material characteristics.
@ruairidhtaylor@juha_remes@runthinkwrite The impact of sexual dimorphism on physical sports competition is exceedingly well known, and makes female-segregated sports an obvious call to offer fairness to a large class of humans.
@ruairidhtaylor@juha_remes@runthinkwrite The principle of fairness in sport is not "arbitrary". Neither is "safety" of course, yes, they're all judgment calls. But there's obvious collective agreement at some level. Most these days would oppose competition to the death or sprint races between humans and cheetahs, etc.
@ruairidhtaylor@juha_remes@runthinkwrite I don’t have one, that’s for the professional sports leadership. Why are you asking me? There’s no clear principle here regarding safety and qualifying for competition and individual adoption of risk.
@asymmetricinfo Whatever its provenance, it is very badly implemented, and the security takeover is sooo off-putting and inconvenient. The so-so Folklife years were better than this! I cringe to think about what Folklife would have done with the money. 😭
@asymmetricinfo Whatever its provenance, it is very badly implemented, and the security takeover is sooo off-putting and inconvenient. The so-so Folklife years were better than this! I cringe to think about what Folklife would have done with the money. 😭
@ruairidhtaylor@juha_remes@runthinkwrite I don’t have a strong opinion myself on the question of caveat emptor. In these cases fairness isn’t the issue, but rather statistical safety risk vs individual choice. That’s what leadership panels are for I guess. But it’s not a fairness question. Qualifiers should handle most.
@ruairidhtaylor@juha_remes@runthinkwrite Pike has long and explicitly advocated for open and women’s categories. There’s no gotcha here, and he’s not avoiding this question having answered it in publications.
@femaleprostate@sigmahamster2 The thought experiment serves to demonstrate how increased supply can increase profit under reduced prices. Understanding how rent control reduces supply is a different exercise, but it is a real effect that landlords understand.
@NeverTr74704466@ProfDBernstein But that’s an exceedingly well established primary function of incarceration. Can you clarify why you say we haven’t grappled with it in that way? Or do you mean people get too hung up on the “punishment” angle?