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"you're confirming that humans are designed in a way that makes the abstractions they can make maximally useful." ... to other humans.
by johnlbevan2 10y ago
"you're confirming that humans are designed in a way that makes the abstractions they can make maximally useful."
... to other humans.
- gcp 10y agoWhat's the meaning of this? Are you arguing that the classifications themselves are biased?
- vanderZwan 10y agoThat's exactly what I and others have been arguing. Now to be clear: it's not that these classifications are wrong, just that out of all possible classifications we could have found, we will most likely find the ones that fit the human perspective of the world. Think of the Turing test and its criticisms; it's kind of has the same issues. PS: I've upvoted every comment of yours; asking questions like this should be encouraged :)
- gcp 10y agoThanks for taking the time to explain your argument!
- johnlbevan2 10y agoConfirmed; thanks vanderZwan.
- rzzzt 10y agoClassifications are also dependent on the capabilities of the language they are expressed in: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linguistic_relativity https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linguistic_relativity