Academic discourse

J.A. alerted us to a back and forth between a philosopher and a biologist a few days ago. Here’s how it ended on day one:

https://twitter.com/pzmyers/status/1625989800875659266

Here’s how a new chapter started yesterday:

https://twitter.com/TomasBogardus/status/1627429553365987328

Earth. How about the earth – it definitely predates societies, because otherwise where would the societies have been? No earth, no societies, yeah? Ok, so the earth. Right. Is the earth a social construct? Hell yes! Look at globes! And photos in National Geographic. Therefore, trans women are women. Quod erat demonstrandum.

Bogardus continues:

By the way, it doesn’t have to be Saturn’s rings. Or the earth.

It’s just more grabby if you replace “something” (or the ever-popular X) with planetary rings, or the earth.

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