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[–] [email protected] 12 points 19 hours ago

People who see gender as a F or M binary in 2025 are willingly ignorant to the bone.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 19 hours ago (2 children)

Critically thinking now, how strong is the evidence here?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) (9 children)

A person’s biological sex usually refers to their status as female or male depending on their chromosomes, reproductive organs, and other characteristics. Chromosomes are tightly packed DNA, or molecules that contain the genetic instructions for the development and functioning of all living things. Humans typically have forty-six chromosomes. Two of those are sex chromosomes that contain instructions for the development and functioning of characteristics related to biological sex, such as reproductive organs. There are two kinds of human sex chromosomes, X and Y. Individuals identified as males tend to have one X and one Y chromosome, while those identified as females tend to have two X chromosomes. However, other people are born with other chromosome combinations, such as XXY, that lead them to develop a mix of characteristics. People who fit that description are often referred to as intersex, a category for people whose bodies do not conform with stereotypical expectations of males or females at birth.

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Evidence seems pretty strong to me.

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[–] [email protected] 47 points 1 day ago (1 children)

“It’s basic biology” mfs when advanced biology

[–] [email protected] 30 points 1 day ago (1 children)

it is basic biology, ie biology simplified to teach a kid in middle school. the thing is sciences don't stop at middle school level. a lot of university education is about clarifying that things you learned before were simplified to the point that they're practically useless if not outright wrong.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Light travels in straight lines, next year its a wave and then its particles. What you said isso true about uni rethreading.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 13 hours ago

Tap for spoilerYou don't technically need particles!

Meet me next week for more hot physics takes nobody needed.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

To be fair light does travel in straight lines (more or less... ignoring that nothing travels in any set or even single path something something veritasium video), its not lights fault if a straight line in physical reality doesn't always happen to match up with the geometry we invented.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago

See I didnt go that far, mindboggling

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 day ago (4 children)

I agree with Dr. Jey McCreight on the science.

But for determining truth, both sides are wrong here.

Dunning-Kruger is bad, but so is credentialism and appeal to authority.

Many people with PhD's have had Dunning-Kruger. Someone else mentioned Ben Carson being great at neurosurgery, but not politics.

A PhD doesn't make you infallible.

I am saying this as someone who is taking graduate-level courses and will be pursuing my PhD. When I'm correct, it's not because my future PhD causes reality to magically conform to my opinions - it's because I rigorously looked at the evidence, logic, and formed my own conclusion that better aligns with reality.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 13 hours ago

Okay but what is good engagement against "follow the science" aside from "I literally DO the science"? Dr. McCreight offered a point and was met with "nuh uh" so at that point it can hardly be called an argument or debate. Do those fallacies honestly matter at that point when one refuses to engage with tangible points of discussion?

[–] RowRowRowYourBot 23 points 1 day ago (2 children)

You can even be incorrect on a subject you have expertise in.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

that's why we have peer reviews for new findings by experts.

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The phrase is funny but you wouldn't catch me dead wearing a logical fallacy

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Can I interest you in a logical phallus?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 20 hours ago

Wouldn't that be a logic probe?

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