Just wanted to jot down a principle I’ve come across a couple places and tends to explain a lot of the erroneous (although often well-intentioned) paths we go down: people often mistake (or elevate) differences of degree for difference of kind.
From the NYTimes Magazine, an article on gender-based education covers the merits and demerits of [...]
Differences of Degree vs. Differences of Kind
Jun 21, ’08
11:37 AM