agamemnonymous

Hard disagree. I don't think you actually understand the premise.

How is babby formed?

Stop motion is definitely finer than 10cm/event. Time wizards have a tendency to do Inceptions and run macros. They let the spells fractalize to buffer out cataclysmic accelerations, it's covered in Chronomancy 103.

Memetics in action.

The difference between a gene and a virus is method of reproduction. The genetic model, I think, is considerably more apt than the viral. Memes combine with other memes, they have memetically distinct "offspring". I think even that distinction is useful.

Nah, this is a bad take. Memes are a sociological analog to genetic genes. They're units of cultural information that mutate, recombine, and evolve in the cultural space the same way genes mutate, recombine, and evolve in the gene pool. It's a poignant observation about the behavior of viral cultural concepts that transcends merely describing their existence. The parallel to genetic behavior is a useful observation that, to my knowledge, was not really acknowledged before he coined the term.

Calling sex a true binary is strange for a talented biologist, intersex people definitely exist.

Transgenderism is a bit different though. Personally I think gender is a repressive, outdated social norm, and I disagree with transgenderism precisely because it reinforces this obsolete notion. Anyone should feel free to dress, act, and identify however they please, including but not limited to any body modifications they wish. But "switching" your identity to align with another set of stereotypical expressions only reinforces those stereotypes.

I can't even see the point in "fitting in", because those who care about how you express yourself aren't going to accept you as transgender anyway, and the people who are going to accept you aren't going to care if your expression matches the stereotypes they're used to.

I dunno if that's his objection because paywall, but I can certainly understand opposition to transgenderism that isn't actually intolerant of transgender people themselves.

The core problem is that right wing ideology is inherently authoritarian, right wing voters find their figurehead and toe the line. Left wing ideology is inherently individualistic, left wing voters find their personal ideologies and seldom compromise. The Right huddles into their big tent while the Left endlessly splinters into feuding sub-factions.

And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full. But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you. 

Matthew 6:5-6

There's a lot of green between today and sweeping election reform that defeats the duopoly. It's certainly a step, but it requires many preceding steps to get to a point where that's achievable.

Would probably help shape a basic conception for a number of westerners though.

Seems like the older crowd is 90% there for the socializing. I think as the 30-50 crowd climbs the steps we'll see the philosophical side shift into focus. I have an optimistic outlook on the next few decades.