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[–] powerstruggle@sh.itjust.works 1 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

I'm sorry, what? You've fundamentally misread that meta analysis if you think it posits a third gamete type. Just what?

Did you misread this bit? "Whereas some of these traits do typically have a bimodal distribution (some chromosomes, gametes)". That's not positing a third gamete type or saying that gametes aren't binary. A binary distribution is a subset of the set of bimodal distributions. They use the term bimodal in reference to chromosomes, and it's technically correct when applied to gametes, but does not imply thar gametes aren't binary. The paper even acknowledges binary gametes elsewhere.

If you're this wrong about a paper that you think supports your point, I don't think it's worth examining your take on other papers. Suffice it to say, for anyone else reading this, don't take the other commenter's word for it. The paper I linked is a good read.

[–] Carnelian@lemmy.world 2 points 4 hours ago

It’s comedic actually, your “literally all of biology” is exposed as being an indefensible fringe whack job, and you hand wave it away without further comment. I guess this was always the road you were destined to take, as with all pseudo-intellectual hucksters who are incapable of providing receipts

As for your continued inflexible adamance that there are perfectly binary biological absolutes, you are almost too dense to believe lol. They even have a graph that explains it for you. I can appreciate the low effort nature of how you are trying to save face with ctrl+f, but at some point scientific integrity demands you actually sit down to understand a topic, rather than just draw transphobic constellations over individual sentences

Since we are apparently moving now to our closing arguments by addressing our readers, against all odds, we have ended up in agreement. I also encourage readers to go check out the drivel you posted for themselves. The morons seeking a safe space in their little right wing echo chamber will be thrilled to hear their beliefs uncritically asserted at them, and anyone with a brain will be equally amused at how badly the author humiliates himself both in the paper and elsewhere online.

I’m glad we were able to conclude things so amicably, enjoy your holiday weekend (if you happen to be an American)!