philh comments on Stupid Questions May 2015 - Less Wrong
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That's an argument for bringing our map closer to the territory, i.e., applying the word "gender" in humans to the same concept we use for animals. Not for completely messing up our map.
That "i.e." is doing an awful lot of work. I don't agree that the map is messed up, and moving a label doesn't necessarily bring it closer to the territory.
Above you said:
So what did you mean by that?
Tapping out.