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On 2/2/2021 at 9:12 PM, SuitedAces21 said:
what is the prevalence of these truly gray area cases cause by genetic or biological from birth differences? and how many of those cases are competing in sports and gaining advantage so serious the competition is disrupted?
the controversy is not about the one in whatever number of people have 5-alpha-reductase deficiency, it's about preventing johnny who becomes sally at age 15 and starts dominating the races. we shouldn't abandon women's sports in the name of being politically correct.
the answer to this problem is easy - common sense. the people who are gaming the system, even if they are doing it because they truly believe they are a woman, have to be prevented from competing. sucks but that's life, you don't get special treatment because you think you were born in the wrong body.
It really only takes one, doesn't it? Some one intersexed person to dominate an event and you have to deal with the issue.
It is happening with Caster Semenya right now. She was assigned female at birth, so with your rules is a female, but is XY genetically and runs like a man.
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If you want a non-snarky answer (seems like much less fun), a friend of mine's recent work was covered here:
I'm really not sure what your doubts are; I don't really agree this is a matter of much debate, but if you think human activity cannot affect the climate and therefore we shouldn't change our greenhouse emissions that's going to be a pretty hard position to support.
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4 hours ago, brvheart said:
I was just wondering if you had read anything recently that talked about that.
Oh yeah, I have!
The entirety of modern climate science.
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13 hours ago, SuitedAces21 said:
it seems pretty easy to me. if you were born a man, you play against men. women against women. it's just crazy enough to work.
But because we’re dealing with gray area cases, even this is not simple. You’re going to have to define “born a man” more precisely. Does that just mean assigned gender at birth? If that’s the case you’re going to have some people with Y chromosomes competing in your women’s race.
Take 5-alpha-reductase deficiency for example. They are usually “born women” because their external genitalia isn’t masculinized, or is ambiguous, (at least until they are 12-13 when puberty hits). According to your rule, you’re now going to have someone who was born a woman, but who as an adult has most of the sexual characteristics of a man, in the woman’s race.
If you instead decide you are going to decide based on a genetic test at the time of the race, you’re just going to be subject to different exceptions that you don’t want, because there are cases where the genetics and the phenotypes diverge.
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7 hours ago, brvheart said:
What is your current stance on man-made climate change. Do you have anything for me to read about your position?
Is this something people still have different stances on?
7 hours ago, brvheart said:What's your current position on gender issues? From a scientific position what is your stance on biological men competing in women's sports?
Well that's a can of worms.
Sexual dimorphism is real, and while there is some gradation in sexual characteristics, the fact of differences between male and female are ubiquitous across nature. Gender on the other hand is a social construct that is only loosely based on sex, so that's free to change with culture.
Sports competitions are segregated by sex due to the physical differences between men and women. If a person changes their gender, without changing those physical differences that come from their sex, that doesn't seem fair to the competition. On the other hand, if someone exists in a sexual gray area the system can certainly be unfair to them. It's difficult but interesting that sporting competitions are being forced to define sex in ways that scientists never have had to (testosterone levels, e.g.). It's not going to be easy.
7 hours ago, brvheart said:What is your current position on homosexuality and if it's more genetic or environmental? Again, I'm just wondering from a scientific position. I'm not talking about rights.
Like any complex characteristic it's both. There are genetic, biological, experiential, social, and cultural factors that all interact to produce the phenomenon. The data data seem to show that it's about 1/3 genetic, 2/3 non-genetic. Non-genetic includes epigenetic factors, early biological factors (e.g. hormone levels in the womb), and experience.
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On 1/28/2021 at 9:29 AM, brvheart said:
VB, please stay for a second. I have a lot of questions to ask you.
I'm listening...
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1 hour ago, king_tanner said:
Do I know you?
Does anybody really ever know anyone else?
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On 10/10/2017 at 5:37 PM, vbnautilus said:
Well if you post them, I'll show up again in about 10 months and give you some answers.
Damn, I lost track of time.
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I think he's trying to psychologically manipulate his opponent.
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Well if you post them, I'll show up again in about 10 months and give you some answers.
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As VB used to say, Nebraska football fans keep trying to stay competitive—trying the same thing over and over—which is the very, exact, definition of insanity. Sad!
You probably assumed my vigilance on this issue had waned.
Never.
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This is incredible.
It is, but I can't take credit for it. I think it was cwik who made it.
I'm a #NeverTrumper but this is pretty stupid. There was no bow anywhere in the video, and during the supposed "curtsy" Trump was just getting a medal put around his neck by a guy about a 1/2 foot shorter than him, and then readjusting it by moving up and down. He's not even looking at him when he does this supposed bow/curtsy. This kind of stuff was so stupid when the republicans did it to Obama, and it's equally stupid now.
His entire trip there was a bow though.
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There has to be nobody benefitting more from this Trump situation than Balloon Guy. It's the coming of a golden age of misinformation and obfuscation. It's like he's been training his whole life for just this moment. I am truly happy for him.
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Currently every story that 'gets' Trump has proven false.
Not my fault you guys insist on printing so much garbage.
Now a new 'source' says Comey made a memo that Trump tried to interfere in an ongoing criminal case.
Yet Comey never reported this crime when it happened. Which would be a crime.
Doesn't matter, getting Trump is the goal, truth is an inconvenience to be ignored.
Still president, Republicans still run everything. Left still breaking windows and attacking people they disagree with.
Fake news stamp is getting a work out. Glad it was made in America.
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Ohhhhh man.
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this thread loads just fine on my mac and on my phone. pretty quick actually.
Well, I'll just hit reply and we'll see how long it takes.
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It's pretty simple.
There is probably not another thread in the world as large as this one. The software is not designed to deal with threads of this size and there is nothing that can be done to make it load faster.
All the normal sized threads including some quite large ones in the hockey forum load just fine.
Yeah, that makes sense. This thread is a beast.
this thread loads just fine on my mac and on my phone. pretty quick actually.
Takes me a good 6 seconds.
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Goddamn this board loads slow at times.
It really is kind of annoying. I don't know what the deal is, because we run the same software on a different site and it is very snappy.
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Emphatically I can say "No"That poop is never solid.
I don't understand this.
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Blueberry or jalapeño and cheese.
Those are pretty much the only two kinds I avoid. Well, raisin included (just shouldn't be putting berries in bagels in general).
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I'm not sure if he has a podcast, but his website replays his show over and over all day long. I'm not sure how much of him is real misogyny born from being a fat pig that has been divorced 4 times, and how much of it is crass exploitation of a void in the marketplace, ala Michael Savage
It's the perfect combination of both.
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Lol, they'll just un-suspend him if need be. I think A&E will be fine. I weep that 45% of the country has an apparent complete misunderstanding of free speech and how it works.
I'm guessing its the same 45% that believes in creationism.
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There as some guys in this thread that could use some Leykis 101
I used to listen all the time when he was on the radio here. I found out recently he's been doing a daily internet radio show for the past year.
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I think average is being generous. Low-average to below average is probably more like it. Even better for Napa. He'll look like a damned stratovarius compared to what the asian girls are used to.
Average penis size study results confirm racial stereotypes
Research on average penis size has confirmed racial stereotypes, with Africans coming out on top, Asians at the bottom and Europeans somewhere in between.
The average for the African continent as a whole is a whopping 6.3 inches.
At the other end of the table, North and South Korea measure in at 3.8 inches. India and Thailand are only slightly bigger at 4 inches.
The overall average for north-east Asians was the lowest at 4.2 inches.
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I agree with you that this is a well-intentioned mistake.
The fact that categories have fuzzy boundaries does not make them useless or invalid as categories. The sun has a fuzzy boundary.
But you also can't go so far the other way that you fail to have a compassionate system for those people within the fuzzy area.