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by cortesoft 2116 days ago
There is no 'true' category for anything.

The Categories Were Made For Man, Not Man For The Categories

https://slatestarcodex.com/2014/11/21/the-categories-were-ma...

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> Thus Abraham Lincoln’s famous riddle: “If you call a tail a leg, how many legs does a dog have?” And the answer: “Four – because a tail isn’t a leg regardless of what you call it.”

Enter the kangaroo.