Is being trans a social fad among teenagers?
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Is being trans a social fad among teenagers?
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#3Sabine Hossenfelder is a "theoretical physicist and science communicator". (1)
I fear that her take on this issue will be pointless at best. It's not in any way in her lane; she will have no expertise here, no experience on who the bad actors are on that space.
I get that she has probably "done research" by talking to self-proclaimed experts in the field, but I would be very surprised if she has "done research" by having her name on a new study in this field, published in a reputable scientific journal.
A quick google suggest so:
https://twitter.com/RottenInDenmark/status/16524599587458334...
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#4I'm in no way knowledgeable regarding this but does gender politics not further gender distinctios? Particular trasgender politics seem go reinforce gender roles rather than diluting them.
It would seem wiser to modify your body and personality however you wish and adhere to sex, without worry of defining a gender. I suppose situations where the sexes are separated is where gender politics start.
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#5If it is that’s even bigger news. Teens are so post-gender that they flip on a whim.
Gender fluid might be the next phase of questioning gender roles and norms.
I don’t know, I’m mostly bemused by the whole thing.
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#6Sabine Hossenfelder is a "theoretical physicist and science communicator". (1) I fear that her take on this issue will be pointless at best. It's not in any way in her lane; she will have no expertise here, no experience on who the bad actors are on that space. I get that she has probably "done research" by talking to self-proclaimed experts in the field, but I would be very surprised if she has "done research" by ha…
Just watch the video. The title is maybe a little bit inflammatory, the content is not. If you're here to dispute the actual facts being discussed, cool, otherwise, this is an appeal to authority.
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#7Sabine Hossenfelder is a "theoretical physicist and science communicator". (1) I fear that her take on this issue will be pointless at best. It's not in any way in her lane; she will have no expertise here, no experience on who the bad actors are on that space. I get that she has probably "done research" by talking to self-proclaimed experts in the field, but I would be very surprised if she has "done research" by ha…
Just watch the video. The title is maybe a little bit inflammatory, the content is not. If you're here to dispute the actual facts being discussed, cool, otherwise, this is an appeal to authority.
So, spend half an hour on it on the off chance it's not junk, in a field that is rife with politicised and inflammatory hot takes. That's a hard sell, frankly. I'll get back to you if I get the time.
I would not entirely dismiss as "appeal to authority" any filtering on such a field, that is so full of bad faith takes and misinformation. There's no shortage of that at all. And frankly, focusing on it as a pressing issue now, which it wasn't e.g. 10 years ago, is itself a culture-war distraction from more real things.
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#8Sabine Hossenfelder is a "theoretical physicist and science communicator". (1) I fear that her take on this issue will be pointless at best. It's not in any way in her lane; she will have no expertise here, no experience on who the bad actors are on that space. I get that she has probably "done research" by talking to self-proclaimed experts in the field, but I would be very surprised if she has "done research" by ha…
I think this is a case of friendly fire.
Hobbes tweets:
> The question isn’t whether more kids are identifying as trans, it’s whether they’re GETTING MEDICAL PROCEDURES WITHOUT ASSESSMENT, something for which there is no evidence.
Also an important question.
Warrants an episode answering that question. Even better would be Hobbes and Hossenfelder working together on that. Double nerdgasm.
(I subscribe to If Books Could Kill. Am a huge fan of Hobbes.)
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#9Earlier quoted context omitted.
Just watch the video. The title is maybe a little bit inflammatory, the content is not. If you're here to dispute the actual facts being discussed, cool, otherwise, this is an appeal to authority.
So, spend half an hour on it on the off chance it's not junk, in a field that is rife with politicised and inflammatory hot takes. That's a hard sell, frankly. I'll get back to you if I get the time. I would not entirely dismiss as "appeal to authority" any filtering on such a field, that is so full of bad faith takes and misinformation. There's no shortage of that at all. And frankly, focusing on it as a pressing is…
If you aren't going to address then content, don't comment.
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#10I'm in no way knowledgeable regarding this but does gender politics not further gender distinctios? Particular trasgender politics seem go reinforce gender roles rather than diluting them. It would seem wiser to modify your body and personality however you wish and adhere to sex, without worry of defining a gender. I suppose situations where the sexes are separated is where gender politics start.
Exactly this. I've no idea why this ideology is considered progressive, when it's just a medically-constructed reification of conservative ideals regarding gender roles. Seems awfully regressive to me.