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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago

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

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Critically thinking now, how strong is the evidence here?

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 month ago

Those are two real medical diagnoses - Swyer syndrome or XY gonadal dysgenesis for XY women (occurs in about 1:100000 women) and de la Chapelle syndrome or XX male syndrome for XX men (occurs in about 1:20000 to 1:30000 men)

Here is a NORD report on Swyer syndrome, as well as the original article on de la Chapelle syndrome: 1.https://rarediseases.org/rare-diseases/swyer-syndrome/ 2.https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC1762158/

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 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] 7 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

....and all in between, hormonal and/or physically. "Only two genders" is false

[–] [email protected] 52 points 2 months ago (1 children)

“It’s basic biology” mfs when advanced biology

[–] [email protected] 34 points 2 months 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] 11 points 2 months ago (3 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] 11 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months 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 2 months ago

See I didnt go that far, mindboggling

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[–] [email protected] 25 points 2 months ago (3 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] 1 points 1 month ago (3 children)

If one hasn't fallen victim to Dunning-Kruger, then they have not advanced their knowledge in any meaningful capacity.

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 2 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Exactly, imagine if we threw away the entire peer review process and made it about, "Well I have a PhD! Checkmate."

We'd descend into a dark age for science.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

Experts often disagree.

If it were that easy, everything would be solved. We wouldn't need so much research or so many universities.

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Can I interest you in a logical phallus?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

Wouldn't that be a logic probe?

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