What does it mean that “HIV causes AIDS” is true?pic.twitter.com/oOIxKn2D2P
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What does it mean that “HIV causes AIDS” is true?pic.twitter.com/oOIxKn2D2P
All nucleic acid sequences are related eventually. HIV is highly polyphyletic, with each group more related to corresponding SIV than HIVs
So HIV is a human-centric category, and "types" of virus are particularly confusing to our already nebulous species categories?
If you want an example of nebulous species there's lots of less confusing ones. Read a pop article on this https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hooded_crow …
Thanks—the nebulosity of species is important, and a great example of nebulosity overall, and HIV’s polyphyly isn’t a great example of it.
As defined, "HIV causes aids" is tautology. But ppl who question it presumably have something else in mind.
Right, and so do people who assert it, and they are perfectly justified in using the categories as they do—
Truthiness is a complex opaque subjective judgment, like "I caused x" or "I know y". Resists being pinned down to "Truth".
If you take the tautology seriously you are being clueless or aspie.
Right. It’s a reductio of rationalism here.
At this point in the story (which has grown to book length unfortunately) I’ve already seen off rationalism, so the more interesting >
> question is: how *should* we understand “‘HIV causes AIDS’ is true”? One good feature of the example is that it’s true *importantly*
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