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Scott Alexander

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I have a place where I say complicated things about philosophy and science. That place is my blog. This is where I make terrible puns.

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    Scott Alexander‏ @slatestarcodex 6 Jan 2016

    "Genre fiction" and "ethnic food" both use the name of a category to imply a non-standard member of that category. Any other examples?

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      2. Smylers‏ @Smylers2 6 Jan 2016
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        @slatestarcodex “World music”?

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      3.  🦋PsyXe 🦋‏ @PsyX3 6 Jan 2016
        Replying to @Smylers2

        @Smylers2 @slatestarcodex Now I'm imagining music from a non-standard world. Thanks! :D

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      1. Ross Neir‏ @rossneir 6 Jan 2016
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        @slatestarcodex a period drama i.e., a drama set in a specific time period

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      1. TheColourOfHeartache‏ @TheColourOfHear 6 Jan 2016
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        @slatestarcodex Any category that starts with "radical".

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      2. sad Moon satellite‏ @sadmoonanalog 6 Jan 2016
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        @slatestarcodex Indie Music

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      3. sad Moon satellite‏ @sadmoonanalog 6 Jan 2016
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        @slatestarcodex Indie Games

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      1.  🦋PsyXe 🦋‏ @PsyX3 6 Jan 2016
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        @slatestarcodex Hah, a dangerous one: Gender studies?

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      1.  ❎ Seal of Disapproval #FBPPTFE‏ @Vestra_Culpa 6 Jan 2016
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        Organic food @slatestarcodex

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      1.  🦋PsyXe 🦋‏ @PsyX3 6 Jan 2016
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        @slatestarcodex Ah, got another - saying someone has an accent.

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      1.  🦋PsyXe 🦋‏ @PsyX3 6 Jan 2016
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        @slatestarcodex Platform gaming - surely the PC is the standard platform?

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      1. Quixley the Zebra‏ @wildrepublicsd 6 Jan 2016
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        @slatestarcodex "Dialect" anything.

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      1. Anthony Durity‏ @anthonydurity 29 Jan 2016
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        @slatestarcodex "Way cool. How about pop-culture and counter-culture?" Tom said, categorially.

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      2. maxhfowler‏ @notplants 8 Jan 2016
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        @slatestarcodex invented term: "category category" which uses the name of the category of categories, to refer to non-standard categories

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      3. maxhfowler‏ @notplants 8 Jan 2016
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        @slatestarcodex I fucked this up

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      1. tgdavies‏ @tgdavies 6 Jan 2016
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        @slatestarcodex race car :-)

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      1. corvus frugilegus‏ @glaebhoerl 6 Jan 2016
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        @slatestarcodex Computer science.

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      1. Ross Neir‏ @rossneir 6 Jan 2016
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        @slatestarcodex applied mathematics (?)

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      1. Ross Neir‏ @rossneir 6 Jan 2016
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        @slatestarcodex the basic sciences

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