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quackometer.bsky.social @quackometer.bsky.social

You are putting words in my mouth. I have explicitly said that is a logical possibility that some cases may be hard to classify. That does not mean (a) there are not classes than male and female for sexes ; (b) they still are either male or female. More straw man arguments.

aug 30, 2025, 7:05 am • 0 0

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Chris Peterson @realchrispeterson.bsky.social

If you cannot lay out a rule that objectively sorts the hard cases into one of two exes, (b) cannot be true.

aug 30, 2025, 3:53 pm • 4 0 • view
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quackometer.bsky.social @quackometer.bsky.social

That is not true. Difficulties in classification may be due to lack of perfect knowledge not the existence of other classes.

aug 30, 2025, 4:31 pm • 0 0 • view
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Rob the Blue Mage @thebluemage.bsky.social

Are you suggesting that you lack the knowledge to sort the hard cases into one of the two sexes?

aug 30, 2025, 4:33 pm • 2 0 • view
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Chris Peterson @realchrispeterson.bsky.social

This seems like a real problem if you are arguing a maximalist position.

aug 30, 2025, 4:41 pm • 3 0 • view
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Rob the Blue Mage @thebluemage.bsky.social

It's not the only problem he's had, but it's definitely one of the funnier ones.

aug 30, 2025, 5:16 pm • 3 0 • view
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quackometer.bsky.social @quackometer.bsky.social

Indeed. People like Caster Semenya were classified as female at birth as they were born into communities where there was not the expertise to gain the right knowledge to understand their condition. At puberty it was obvious he was a man.

aug 31, 2025, 11:38 am • 0 0 • view
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Rob the Blue Mage @thebluemage.bsky.social

Did you... look at the post you were responding to?

aug 31, 2025, 12:45 pm • 0 0 • view
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Michael Engard @engard.me

We tried to explain to you 72 hours ago that even assuming perfect knowledge does not let you escape the fundamental issue that you can’t even define discrete criteria for your classification.

aug 30, 2025, 5:14 pm • 1 0 • view