Re:The future of everything is lies, I guess: Where do we go...
by hackable_sand on Thursday April 16, 2026 @09:22PM
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Sex is mutable but good try
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Re:The future of everything is lies, I guess: Where do we go...
by nhod on Friday April 17, 2026 @12:30AM
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Gender is mutable. Sex is determined by genetics, though in a handful of creatures, sex could be considered mutable.
Re:The future of everything is lies, I guess: Where do we go...
by margalabargala on Friday April 17, 2026 @12:45AM
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You're right, but there was an article on here in the last week about genetic therapy correcting Down Syndrome.
I wonder how long before sex does actually become mutable.
Re:The future of everything is lies, I guess: Where do we go...
by hackable_sand on Friday April 17, 2026 @01:58AM
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You can change sex
And people can be born intersex
Your data is wrong
Re:The future of everything is lies, I guess: Where do we go...
by Saline9515 on Friday April 17, 2026 @04:01AM
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The fact that some people can be born with 6 fingers doesn't mean that saying "a human hand has 5 fingers" is generally false.
Re:The future of everything is lies, I guess: Where do we go...
by duskdozer on Friday April 17, 2026 @09:12AM
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It also means you can't use the generalization "a human hand has 5 fingers" to then say that "therefore because your hands have 6 fingers, you are not a human"
Re:The future of everything is lies, I guess: Where do we go...
by Saline9515 on Friday April 17, 2026 @09:44AM
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I the sense of what OP did say, it would be more "grafting a sixth finger doesn't mean that you are not human anymore".
Just like taking meat from your arm to create new genitals doesn't make you a man, biologically (psychologically it may be different).