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Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology Yesterday, 06:41 PM
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Posted By d4m10n
Nucleated somatic cells have a karyotype, and...

Nucleated somatic cells have a karyotype, and that karyotype is nearly always recognizable as either the one associated with the pathway for producing small gametes or the one associated with the...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events Yesterday, 02:51 PM
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Views: 1,342
Posted By d4m10n
Well that part at least is easily answered. By...

Well that part at least is easily answered. By making it unlawful to "distribute, maintain, or update such foreign adversary controlled application (including any source code of such application) by...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology Yesterday, 02:28 PM
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Posted By d4m10n
This is obviously not what "chromosomal sex"...

This is obviously not what "chromosomal sex" means. You ought to take the Yale article (which you shared, but did not read) at face value and on its own terms.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events Yesterday, 02:22 PM
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Posted By d4m10n
The motivating question that kicked off this...

The motivating question that kicked off this thread was about sports leagues for women and girls; none of the criteria in the diagram are sufficient to solve that categorization problem, since we...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events Yesterday, 02:17 PM
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Posted By d4m10n
48457 If a self-identified transbian falls...

48457

If a self-identified transbian falls on the male-typical side of every single criterion listed in the above diagram, they will still be considered a "woman" for all legal purposes by the...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology Yesterday, 11:20 AM
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Posted By d4m10n
Bearing in mind that the “whole point of the...

Bearing in mind that the “whole point of the discussion…started in the very first comment in this thread” was to claim that Hilton & co. have described a perfectly serviceable definition of the two...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology Yesterday, 10:22 AM
Replies: 1,126
Views: 31,448
Posted By d4m10n
We continue to disagree on whether the standard...

We continue to disagree on whether the standard definitions are descriptive of actual usage by the relevant experts or stipluative definitions intended for use in a specific context. Again, I implore...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events Yesterday, 08:01 AM
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Posted By d4m10n
Did you actually read the Yale article to which...

Did you actually read the Yale article to which you linked? If so, which specific scientifically testable claims from that article do you dispute here?

Not when it is a reference to chromosomal...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 17th March 2024, 03:55 PM
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Posted By d4m10n
Of course it is, since they are obviously...

Of course it is, since they are obviously referring to chromosomal sex in particular. Just out of curiosity, though, did you actually read past the title?

And...?

Which part of the Yale article...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 17th March 2024, 02:38 PM
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Posted By d4m10n
Skimmed through the Yale page; nothing wrong that...

Skimmed through the Yale page; nothing wrong that I can see and nothing to do with transgenderism.
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 16th March 2024, 07:13 AM
Replies: 1,126
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Posted By d4m10n
There is a sharp distinction between a...

There is a sharp distinction between a stipulative definition and a descriptive definition; the latter attempts to explain how speakers and writers actually use a term in practice, the former is...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 15th March 2024, 08:21 PM
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Posted By d4m10n
What is a stipulative definition?

A stipulative definition is a type of definition in which a new or currently existing term is given a new specific meaning for the purposes of argument or discussion in a given context. When the term...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 15th March 2024, 07:59 AM
Replies: 1,126
Views: 31,448
Posted By d4m10n
The Oxford Dictionary of Biology defines clitoris...

The Oxford Dictionary of Biology defines clitoris (https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780199204625.001.0001/acref-9780199204625-e-901) as:
An erectile rod of tissue in female...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 14th March 2024, 04:09 PM
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Posted By d4m10n
Upon further research, it does seem quite likely...

Upon further research, it does seem quite likely that the Institut für Sexualwissenschaft did contain copies of the Jahrbuch für sexuelle Zwischenstufen when it was destroyed by the Nazis. This isn't...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 14th March 2024, 02:28 PM
Replies: 972
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Posted By d4m10n
J.K. Rowling Insinuates Nazis Did Not Burn Trans...

J.K. Rowling Insinuates Nazis Did Not Burn Trans Books

Nearly every title which the Nazis burned is now freely available on Google Books. Which of them promoted the idea that gender identity...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 14th March 2024, 02:23 PM
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Posted By d4m10n
Talking Remember that time Admiral Levine destroyed...

Remember that time Admiral Levine destroyed everything good and pure about HHS? One for the history books.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 13th March 2024, 02:57 PM
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Posted By d4m10n
Cool Who said we can't have it all?

Haven't checked in on this thread in quite a while, but only because the issues and questions raised seemed to be more-or-less steady state around the end of 2023. That said, I came across...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 13th March 2024, 04:56 AM
Replies: 1,126
Views: 31,448
Posted By d4m10n
If by "stuff" you mean a well-documented...

If by "stuff" you mean a well-documented phenomenon which refutes your claim, then yes.

Brauner, Neve, Allali, Trivin, Lottmann, Bashamboo & McElreavey evidently disagree.
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 12th March 2024, 06:53 PM
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Posted By d4m10n
See the wiki entry on gonadal agenesis and take...

See the wiki entry on gonadal agenesis and take careful notice the use of the terms "male" and "female" in that article.
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 12th March 2024, 05:16 PM
Replies: 1,126
Views: 31,448
Posted By d4m10n
Sex education needs to be rooted in biological...

Sex education needs to be rooted in biological facts, clearly. Some people need to learn how to manage the possibility of impregnating other people, and we call those people "males." Other people...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 12th March 2024, 05:08 PM
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Views: 31,448
Posted By d4m10n
Nope; please reread what she actually wrote. No...

Nope; please reread what she actually wrote. No mention of gonads; past, present, and future functionality were mentioned only by way of disregard.

It would be super helpful here if you simplified...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 12th March 2024, 03:35 PM
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Views: 31,448
Posted By d4m10n
Or . . . we can continue to function as...

Or . . . we can continue to function as individual skeptics each with our own set of values and ideas.
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 12th March 2024, 03:30 PM
Replies: 1,126
Views: 31,448
Posted By d4m10n
Progress! If I were going to claim someone...

Progress!

If I were going to claim someone was promulgating a "big fat flaming lie" I would take the trouble to quote them instead of paraphrasing them; I'm not about to invest effort in bunking...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 12th March 2024, 07:24 AM
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Posted By d4m10n
So...it led me to conclude you do not yet...

So...it led me to conclude you do not yet understand what they (your own sources) actually meant by "female" in those contexts. Try instead to see if their own definitions are susceptible to a...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 11th March 2024, 04:08 PM
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Views: 31,448
Posted By d4m10n
Back at you, Steersperson. (No idea if you're...

Back at you, Steersperson. (No idea if you're producing viable sperm these days.)

All three of your sources have already been shown to use phrases like "male infant," "female infanticide," and...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 11th March 2024, 02:50 PM
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Posted By d4m10n
I'd like to try, but fully expect you'd just fall...

I'd like to try, but fully expect you'd just fall back on the notion that the OED is now "flatly contradicted by their other definition."
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 11th March 2024, 02:48 PM
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Views: 31,448
Posted By d4m10n
It's actually a bit more complicated than that,...

It's actually a bit more complicated than that, since workers can become fertile...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 11th March 2024, 12:37 PM
Replies: 78
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Posted By d4m10n
Is there any body of people who might make an...

Is there any body of people who might make an official ruling on whether any given person is sufficiently Metis, using whatever criteria they might happen to use among themselves?

As I mentioned...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 11th March 2024, 11:35 AM
Replies: 1,126
Views: 31,448
Posted By d4m10n
You have mentioned Oxford Dictionary of Biology,...

You have mentioned Oxford Dictionary of Biology, Journal of Molecular Human Reproduction and Journal of Theoretical Biology as sources which back up your idea that females are not female until...
Forum: USA Politics 8th March 2024, 12:51 PM
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Posted By d4m10n
I'd say we have all the evidence we need to...

I'd say we have all the evidence we need to evaluate whether he has given aid or comfort to the enemies of the United States...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 8th March 2024, 10:10 AM
Replies: 1,126
Views: 31,448
Posted By d4m10n
So . . . I sort of expected you'd stand by the...

So . . . I sort of expected you'd stand by the definition which you posted.

Maybe you should survey a few of those, then, instead of quoting Jussi Lehtonen in particular.

Then you'd have a much...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 7th March 2024, 01:04 PM
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Views: 31,448
Posted By d4m10n
Those words are not mine, they are from the...

Those words are not mine, they are from the dictionary definition which you posted earlier.

The definition you posted doesn't say anything about RIGHT NOW whether in ALL CAPS or somewhat more...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 6th March 2024, 09:31 AM
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Views: 31,448
Posted By d4m10n
The definition you posted refers to "the sex that...

The definition you posted refers to "the sex that can bear offspring or produce eggs" invoking a biological capacity inherent to females rather than using the present indefinite tense, "produces" as...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 5th March 2024, 08:40 PM
Replies: 1,126
Views: 31,448
Posted By d4m10n
Check again...

Check again (https://www.internationalskeptics.com/forums/vbimghost.php?do=displayimg&imgid=35861).
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 5th March 2024, 02:46 PM
Replies: 78
Views: 5,310
Posted By d4m10n
It is possible they are speaking up against those...

It is possible they are speaking up against those who would refute cultural claims with biological facts. For example, if someone were to claim “I’m Bear Clan. I’m Anishinaabe Métis from Treaty Four...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 4th March 2024, 03:10 PM
Replies: 1,126
Views: 31,448
Posted By d4m10n
Quentin: What do they do in that shiny new GM...

Quentin: What do they do in that shiny new GM plant?

Anton: They produce new cars, of course!

Quentin: No they don't! Not a single completed car has rolled off the line yet.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 4th March 2024, 11:04 AM
Replies: 78
Views: 5,310
Posted By d4m10n
Being considered native sociologically something...

Being considered native sociologically something quite different than being considered native in the sense of having ancestors living in the Americas in pre-Columbian times. My spouse is a...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 2nd March 2024, 07:39 PM
Replies: 1,126
Views: 31,448
Posted By d4m10n
You might try clicking on the wikipedia link I...

You might try clicking on the wikipedia link I provided.

Development of an ovum (at all stages of maturity) is literally the process of "production of gametes" mentioned here...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 1st March 2024, 05:12 PM
Replies: 1,126
Views: 31,448
Posted By d4m10n
The relevant article...

The relevant article (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oogenesis) refers to an "immature ovum" which contradicts your claim here.

ETA: Since we're using Wikipedia, what do you suppose "female" means...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 1st March 2024, 08:31 AM
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Posted By d4m10n
Which of the definitions you provided stipulated...

Which of the definitions you provided stipulated that the gametes produced must be fully mature, as you do here?

If you're going to be hyperliteral about those definitions, you need to at least be...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 1st March 2024, 08:25 AM
Replies: 78
Views: 5,310
Posted By d4m10n
This story is somewhat different from the usual...

This story is somewhat different from the usual pretendian controversy (https://www.internationalskeptics.com/forums/showthread.php?t=361945) inasmuch as the protagonist (antagonist?) seems...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 29th February 2024, 08:32 PM
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Views: 31,448
Posted By d4m10n
Which of the definitions you posted specified...

Which of the definitions you posted specified mature ova rather than initial production of ova? If produces is present tense, it makes rather little sense to avoid the question of when they were...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 28th February 2024, 01:18 PM
Replies: 1,126
Views: 31,448
Posted By d4m10n
A rather bizarre reading; one at odds with any...

A rather bizarre reading; one at odds with any number of instances of common usage.

For example, consider the usual definitions of work-related terms like alderwoman, batswoman, congresswoman,...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 26th February 2024, 07:55 AM
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Views: 31,448
Posted By d4m10n
Bogardus on point

Came across this quotation...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 24th February 2024, 04:17 PM
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Posted By d4m10n
Lehtonen specified "mature" ova?

Lehtonen specified "mature" ova?
Forum: USA Politics 23rd February 2024, 05:42 AM
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Views: 9,875
Posted By d4m10n
Probably, yes.

Probably, yes.
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 23rd February 2024, 05:36 AM
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Views: 31,448
Posted By d4m10n
You know that said production happens in utero,...

You know that said production happens in utero, right?

It's not as if Lehtonen said "releases large, mature gametes" which would imply adulthood.
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 18th February 2024, 12:00 PM
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Views: 31,448
Posted By d4m10n
We need to get a handle on the structure of the...

We need to get a handle on the structure of the world in order to cater to the interests of human beings, e.g. dividing 5th graders into two groups for introductory sex-ed classes.
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 13th February 2024, 07:54 PM
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Views: 31,448
Posted By d4m10n
Interesting example, but I was talking about...

Interesting example, but I was talking about "girls" who (generally) do not have "heterozygous sex chromosomes."

I am impressed that you found someone else who shares the "life stage" view of sex...
Forum: USA Politics 13th February 2024, 05:33 PM
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Posted By d4m10n
After listening to the oral arguments before...

After listening to the oral arguments before SCOTUS, I have to take this argument much more seriously than I did back when I read this post. It seems likely to me that at least 3-5 justices might...
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