Re:Neuroscience Prof Removed from APA Discussion for Saying ...
by dragonwriter on Tuesday May 18, 2021 @12:23AM
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> In biology male and female is determined by gamete size.
No, its not. X vs Y for chromosome 23 is approximately true (but still very much oversimplified), but X-bearing and Y-bearing spermatazoa are morphologically similar, so gamete size is not, even approximately, the issue.
> those are the exceptions that prove the rule.
That phrase uses an outdated sense of “prove” (which means more what “test”, “challenge”, or even “disprove” means in general modern usage.) So you are precisely correct, in the opposite sense of what you intend.
No, its not. X vs Y for chromosome 23 is approximately true (but still very much oversimplified), but X-bearing and Y-bearing spermatazoa are morphologically similar, so gamete size is not, even approximately, the issue.
> those are the exceptions that prove the rule.
That phrase uses an outdated sense of “prove” (which means more what “test”, “challenge”, or even “disprove” means in general modern usage.) So you are precisely correct, in the opposite sense of what you intend.