I have been incredibly soft on your position. Can you supply a robust and coherent definition of the terms “male” and “female” that shows I am wrong?
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Oh, is this your new thing? Yesterday, it was the "thought experiment" and now it's demanding a definition that isn't actually necessary under our position?
aug 29, 2025, 1:40 pm • 2 0 • view
So if you believe science cannot say what male and female mean in a coherent way then have the honesty to put forward a positive position and say so.
aug 29, 2025, 1:50 pm • 0 0 • view
Science absolutely can say what male and female are in a coherent way. We have absolutely put forward a positive position which you have repeatedly ignored. Not really my problem if you can't find it.
aug 29, 2025, 1:54 pm • 2 0 • view
I have not seen that positive position. What does “female” mean? What do we mean when we say my parrot is female?
aug 29, 2025, 2:04 pm • 0 0 • view
That it exhibits a set of characteristics that generally falls into the female category for whichever species of parrot it is.
aug 29, 2025, 2:06 pm • 0 0 • view
Still waiting on stats by the way, coward.
aug 29, 2025, 1:54 pm • 1 0 • view
I think it's a good day, Rob - FOR SCIENCE.
aug 29, 2025, 1:57 pm • 2 0 • view
FOR SCIENCE!
aug 29, 2025, 1:58 pm • 1 0 • view
No, you see, he's just very mad he gave a definition that undermines the very argument he's trying to make, and thinks he can try to twist it around.
aug 29, 2025, 1:41 pm • 1 0 • view
I did not you clown. Nowhere in that paper do the authors defacing l describe sex as “bimodal”. The entire paper is about why only two discrete sexes evolved. Your position is moronic.
aug 29, 2025, 1:52 pm • 0 0 • view
Of course they don't. Because they very specifically say they're using one specific definition for the purposes of their paper. Wait, did you not understand that when they said there are many definitions of sex they meant they were choosing one definition that doesn't include everyone?
aug 29, 2025, 1:54 pm • 2 0 • view
They did not say that.
aug 29, 2025, 2:05 pm • 0 0 • view
They explicitly did. In the definition. "The definitions of 'sex' and 'sexes' varies. Here we..." They literally say that the definitions vary and that in this specific paper they are choosing one of the variations. Are you unable to use reason and logical deduction to understand what that means?
aug 29, 2025, 2:09 pm • 1 0 • view
They did not say they were choosing a definition that “did note include everyone”. That was in your head. Not in the paper.
aug 29, 2025, 2:12 pm • 0 0 • view
Mischaracterizing what Julie said is not going to help you.
aug 29, 2025, 2:18 pm • 1 0 • view
I directly quoted her.
aug 29, 2025, 2:19 pm • 0 0 • view
Link the post.
aug 29, 2025, 2:20 pm • 1 0 • view
Did you even realize that the authors discuss how in some cases people have both male and female gametes at the same time? You didn't, did you...
aug 29, 2025, 2:17 pm • 1 0 • view
Sweetie, you're just entirely in over your head right now.
aug 29, 2025, 2:14 pm • 1 0 • view
male adjective 1 a(1): of, relating to, or being the sex that typically has the capacity to produce relatively small, usually motile gametes which fertilize the eggs of a female 1 a(2): having or producing only stamens or staminate flowers 1 b: having a gender identity that is the opposite of female
aug 29, 2025, 2:42 pm • 0 0 • view
Which one are you adopting for what we mean when we say an animal has a sex?
aug 29, 2025, 2:45 pm • 0 0 • view
They're all equally valid, coherent definitions.
aug 29, 2025, 2:46 pm • 0 0 • view
So when I say my parrot is female which definition is being used here?
aug 29, 2025, 2:47 pm • 0 0 • view
Any clues?
aug 29, 2025, 2:53 pm • 0 0 • view
1 c: made up of usually adult members of the male sex : consisting of males 1 d: characteristic of boys, men, or the male sex : exhibiting maleness 1 e: designed for or typically used by boys or men 1 f: engaged in or exercised by boys or men
aug 29, 2025, 2:42 pm • 0 0 • view
1 g: having a quality (such as vigor or boldness) sometimes associated with the male sex 2: masculine sense 3: designed with a projecting part for fitting into a corresponding female part
aug 29, 2025, 2:42 pm • 0 0 • view
“Male.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/m.... Accessed 29 Aug. 2025.
aug 29, 2025, 2:42 pm • 0 0 • view
Of note, "typically has the capacity" in 1 a(1), because sex cannot be defined exclusively by gamete production, and equally valid definition 1 b, only listed as "opposite of female" Unless, of course, Merriam-Webster is wrong.
aug 29, 2025, 2:42 pm • 0 0 • view