I think that's perfectly fair. The same way everyone knows that chimps are monkeys, it's just brainy losers who insist they're just apes

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mikkupikku 4 hours ago | parent [-]

Yes I agree. All the moreso because the word fish is very ancient and was used to mean any aquatic animal long before Linnaeus came along and decided to "well ackshully" the word.

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jbaber 3 hours ago | parent [-]

This is a reach, but do you know where to find the essay I read about someone explaining to King David that a whale isn't a fish and the King laughs at him because his modern mammal explanations are useless and impractical compared to the ones he uses?

I've been trying to re-find it for ages.

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IncreasePosts 3 hours ago | parent [-]

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

	▲	chrisrickard an hour ago \| parent [-]
		Thank you, a refreshingly interesting read