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Earthborn · 5th December 2021, 02:25 PM

Originally Posted by d4m10n

Would those same people say polydactyly makes number of fingers a spectrum,

Probably.

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or would they be okay with generalizations like "Humans have ten fingers and ten toes."

They wouldn't be okay with a claim that the number of fingers and toes a person has, is a completely binary choice of 0 or 40.

5th December 2021, 02:25 PM	#18
Earthborn Terrestrial Intelligence Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Terra Firma Posts: 6,451	Originally Posted by d4m10n Would those same people say polydactyly makes number of fingers a spectrum, Probably. Quote: or would they be okay with generalizations like "Humans have ten fingers and ten toes." They wouldn't be okay with a claim that the number of fingers and toes a person has, is a completely binary choice of 0 or 40.
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