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  • Total ordering doesn’t mean that the order is strict though. You can have multiple individuals with the same level of gayness.

    Total ordering means all elements are comparable (=< would be a suitable relation), not that all elements have their individual rank (< relation).

    A spectrum implies that the set is totally ordered but not necessarily strictly ordered.





  • So you are criticising the over simplification presented here and I agree with you.

    I would however point out that although I also don’t like the binary aspect of their blurb, I find that I would quite agree with their final sentence. I don’t think the test shows whether we are a good or a bad person, but it does say something about a person’s ability to fit in a society.






  • Zeshade@lemmy.worldtoScience Memes@mander.xyzRoots of Mother Appalachia
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    9 months ago

    The other reason I was initially confused, but reading this thread helped, is that by presence of bones in the cave they don’t just mean that there aren’t any bones lying around, brought in by cavemen or bears dying in the cave. They imply that the cave is basically not accessible normally and what would be found in it (bones, fossils etc), if there was anything, can only come from the time when those mountains were formed. I think… Maybe that was obvious for some people.








  • What view are they trying to counter here? I understand all the words of the post and I agree with the logic but I don’t see in what situation this argument is useful. Perhaps I’m lucky not to have been exposed to the people for whom it would be useful…

    Edit: I saw some very clear answers to my questions after scrolling down a bit. I think I just didn’t understand what the term “systemic” meant here.