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I can't tell if you are being facetious or not.
by mkehrt 1y ago
I can't tell if you are being facetious or not.
- Joker_vD 1y agoI am; for a more serious take see [0]. Now, there’s something wrong with saying “whales are phylogenetically just as closely related to bass, herring, and salmon as these three are related to each other.” What’s wrong with the statement is that it’s false. But saying “whales are a kind of fish” isn’t. [0] https://slatestarcodex.com/2014/11/21/the-categories-were-made-for-man-not-man-for-the-categories/ https://slatestarcodex.com/2014/11/21/the-categories-were-ma...