@Free_wolfe@natalie_1202 sex does not have a necessary condition because if you add one, there is going to be an outlier or some form of exception. this is why we (and by we i mean the vast majority of biologists) operate using cluster categories
@Free_wolfe@natalie_1202 sex operates on a bimodal distribution model, this means that there are two peaks or clusters with a buuunch of variation in between. XY chromosomes are not a "necessary condition" to be male or female, which is why females with swyer syndrome are considered female
@Free_wolfe@gc_hedgehog@LCW_theCitizen@natalie_1202 I didn't say you said that either, im merely stating that their existence isn't and cannot be anecdotal evidence as that isn't what anecdotal evidence refers to
@Free_wolfe@gc_hedgehog@LCW_theCitizen@natalie_1202 i don't know if you know this.. but merely stating that a percentage of the population exists.. is what we would call statistical evidence.. which is by definition empirical.. what are we talking about..
@Free_wolfe@natalie_1202 yes and i too would agree with that, if you're confused by what it is that i said you can ask for clarification rather than arguing against something that i didn't say
@gc_hedgehog@LCW_theCitizen@Free_wolfe@natalie_1202 the conversation became broader almost immediately when he stated those people to br anecdotal evidence, that being said i feel like the only reason there may be confusion here is because he doesn't actually know what anecdotal evidence is and what it refers to
@Free_wolfe@natalie_1202 maybe someone without any scientific training might, but to make the claim that category distinctions aren't defined by "exceptions" is wholly unscientific as the mere existence of an "exception" dismantles any sexual dimorphism that you're attempting to imply exists in humans
@LCW_theCitizen@Free_wolfe@natalie_1202 but the person we're responding to is making a claim about genetic abnormalities as a whole and referring to the existence of these real life people as anecdotal evidence. which makes it no longer about just swyer syndrome
@LCW_theCitizen@Free_wolfe@natalie_1202 though i do agree with you, the number of people with swyer syndrome likely sits around 104,000 if you combine every condition you'd get a number CONSIDERABLY larger than that
@Free_wolfe@natalie_1202 an "anecdotal fallacy" that effects over 1% of the global population.. you don't get to just say 83 million people is anecdotal evidence lol