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[Rafal Smigrodzki]

On Tue, Dec 22, 2015 at 2:58 AM, Anders Sandberg <anders at aleph.se> wrote:

> On 2015-12-22 00:36, Rafal Smigrodzki wrote:
>
>
> On Mon, Dec 21, 2015 at 12:39 PM, Tara Maya <tara at taramayastales.com>
> wrote:
>
>> I’m a feminist. To paraphrase Mark Twain: “Women are human beings. Worse
>> I can say of no person."
>>
>
> ### There is a chance for industrial-grade misunderstandings when
> discussing these subjects, so let's engage in some explication.
>
> Is it enough to believe that women are humans to be classified as a
> feminist? Isn't there something more the word, especially in its third-wave
> edition?
>
>
> I think the key problem is that we quickly get into tribalist group
> affirmation signaling when talking about classifications like this.
>

### Indeed, "feminism" became over the last few decades a word of power,
which in many circles asserts alliance with or belonging to the ruling
clique (not to be mean to you, Tara, it's just the way a lot of people use
this word). My muck-raking questions on this matter are nothing but
counter-signaling, a way of averring underdog status and intellectual
independence.

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>
> My approach to issues like this is to drill down to some particular issue
> (e.g. affirmative action policies, voting rights), state my views and
> ideally reasons why I hold them, and then go back up and explain how this
> fits into wider systems of thought (e.g. my own Bayesian libertarianism).
> Then one can compare that to other systems, groups, issues or whatnot. But
> it avoids tribalism.
>

### Well, I don't like it when nice people like Mr Dilbert get raked over
the coals for meekly disagreeing with the preferred narrative. So,
following Lenin, I prod with the bayonet of my wit, looking for resistance
or weakness.

BTW, Isn't Tetlock great? Have you read "Superforecasters"?

Rafał
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