Predictive language checking algorithm spoofing, for the lulz.

Yeah, so reading about how there are ways to identify gender, class and whatnot using algorithms that parse written language, I had a thought. Spelling and grammar checkers do that cool red underline if you have them set up for that kind of thing, and in my copy of Open Office, I can design my own grammar rules. Might it not be easy to write rules that could effectively spoof these detection algorithms? Only one way to find out… Check back with me from time to time, this isn’t a high priority of mine, but I do intend to look into it. Post comments if you have any thoughts about this idea.

A reprint of a comment I made on another wordpress blog that I expect to be deleted.

Which is to say, this is specifically a comment about the article here (warning, it is a long article that ends in a bit of paranoia [cointelpro hasn’t contacted me yet]):

http://bevjoradicallesbian.wordpress.com/2011/07/07/transmen-are-still-women-part-2-of-the-pretenders-defining-lesbians-out-of-existence/

It’s a real shame I turned out so narcissistic… here’s the comment:

I wonder if this gets deleted… Anyway, I somehow managed to navigate here and read your post and found that even though I disagree with you intensely about the trans movement using what you erroneously call ‘pseudo-science’, I find myself agreeing with pretty much every point you make that DOESN’T follow from that very questionable assumption. Since you have stated that you believe that we fall back on ‘pseudo-science’ to justify who we are, I feel it somewhat necessary to point out that medical science tends (‘tends’ may be a bit of an understatement here) to back up the claims of trans people. Here are some links to actual science done by actual empiricists published in actual peer-reviewed journals that strongly support and imply (more understatement) that trans people are born with different physiologies and genetics in comparison to cisgendered people that causes what we identify as the phenomena of transsexualism.

citation one, supports the concept of a genetic cause of transsexualism in persons born with an XY chromosome:

http://www.biologicalpsychiatryjournal.com/article/S0006-3223(08)01087-1/abstract

citation two, supports the concept of a genetic cause of transsexualism in persons born with an XX chromosome:

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.fertnstert.2007.05.056

citation three, a group of studies and follow-ups researching the links between brain structure and transsexualism:

http://dx.doi.org/10.1038%2F378068a0

http://dx.doi.org/10.1210%2Fjc.85.5.2034

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11826131

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.yhbeh.2006.06.011

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15724806

http://dx.doi.org/10.1093%2Fbrain%2Fawn276

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.neuroimage.2009.03.048

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20562024

http://dx.doi.org/10.1530%2Feje.1.02248

If you are going to call something ‘pseudo-science’, you should be prepared to prove it. The links above are all peer-reviewed scientific journals with a reputation for accuracy, integrity and empirical rigor. I would very much love to see the evidence you have for this being ‘pseudo-science’, since it seems like exactly the opposite of that. When people use the scientific method to acquire and interpret data for the purpose of determining the truth-value of a given hypothesis we call it ‘science’, NOT ‘pseudo-science’.

SPOILER ALERT

In book five, Martin kills all three…

…Just kidding.