Carl-Richard

Then I consider you unlucky, because those are some of the more interesting discussions on here. There are different ways to express a disagreement, and sometimes it's not even necessary to do so. The types of less mature outbursts that take up the most attention on here are usually about much more than just a matter of disagreement.

@Mikael89 Just rewatched this classic with both Dyson and Sheldrake:

@Mikael89 Freeman Dyson is a cool cat.

You're not "legally forced" to refer to anybody's birth age either, or atleast I don't know what you mean by that. I also want to clarify that I'm not necessarily going all-in, blindly supporting all possible types of transage sentiments. I just don't see how the general sentiment is in conflict with the general sentiment of being transgender. True. However, you can compare this to how some progressives don't want to play the political game and want to go straight to socialism without any intermediary steps. It's something to aim for, but it's not a realistic short-term goal.

You can't really blame Hawking. He was literally stuck in his own mind.

The philosophy book that I'm currently reading brings up the point that scientists tend to get very immersed in the details of their field to the point where they forget the bigger picture. They develop a type of blindness where they get lost in their own assumptions. There is a distinction between "insight" (or focus) and "outsight" (or overview). This is generally very hard to avoid, because there is a cost that comes with investing time and energy into something, and you often end up focusing more on one thing over the other. It's very rare to have excellent detail-driven insight and simultaneously maintain a sober overview. That spot is reserved for the great geniuses of history.

@FlowerNote Just embrace the fact that you are The One.

"In a way", sure, but it's atleast one way to do it in practice. Do you have any practical solutions? This is another conflation of social identity and biological/birth age. People who want to be treated a certain way aren't automatically trying to deny the fact that they were born a certain time ago. Just treat them the way they want to be treated.

You do that by deconstructing it in practice, and that is what transgender and transage is doing. In what way? Even if you're transage, if the doctor needs to know your biological/birth age, then he can just ask you.

Imagine there's no heaven It's easy if you try No hell below us Above us only sky Imagine all the people living for today Imagine there's no countries It isn't hard to do Nothing to kill or die for And no religion too Imagine all the people living life in peace, you You may say I'm a dreamer But I'm not the only one I hope some day you'll join us And the world will be as one Imagine no possessions I wonder if you can No need for greed or hunger A brotherhood of man Imagine all the people sharing all the world, you You may say I'm a dreamer But I'm not the only one I hope some day you'll join us And the world will be as one

There is a socially constructed dynamic around age just like gender. You can say "oh, age is just a physical/biological fact", but then you're ignoring the social repercussions of being a certain age. That is what transage or transgender is really about: changing the social dynamic in order to be treated a certain way. You may say "oh, if you look young, then people will treat you as such", but that is a bit too idealistic and simplistic.

Are you talking out from experience?

"Sheldrake's 2012 book, The Science Delusion, is an anti-scientific rant in which he applies postmodernist hyperscepticism to conventional science, accusing mainstream scientists of adhering to "scientific dogmata", such as the constancy of the speed of light." - https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Rupert_Sheldrake

They are green in some aspects, but they also resist green in other aspects, like some types of postmodernism and deconstructionism.

@Leo Gura

People who claim it has zero evidence have 1. not read any studies on it, 2. dismissed it based on their gut instinct, or 3. denied the validity of any evidence because of the incommensurability of different scientific paradigms (again, the curse of materalism). https://www.sheldrake.org/research/morphic-resonance 30:16 - addresses the testability question

https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Main_Page "RationalWiki is a wiki whose stated goals are to analyze and refute pseudoscience and the anti-science movement, document "crank" ideas, explore conspiracy theories, authoritarianism, and fundamentalism, and analyze how these subjects are handled in the media.[7]" -https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RationalWiki Notice how there is no metaphysics portal

Materialism isn't the only game in town.

I never thought I would say this, but ...

It's a cool model.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fire-retardant_materials Don't stay inside your house.

@Jodistrict Buckley is the voice of sophistry.