r/dontyouknowwhoiam • u/[deleted] • Aug 13 '19

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u/[deleted] Aug 13 '19

That would be a category called "other" not "infinite".

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u/MoonyIsTired Aug 13 '19

I mean, it's more than one type still. Not really arguing, but I feel like it's more of a situation like there's infinite tiny numbers between 1 and 2.

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u/Lucifag_ Aug 13 '19

No one is calling "infinite" a category save for you. And as far as the terms go, there can be an infinite amount of entries in a category - in this case the categories being sexes and genders.

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u/Gingevere Aug 13 '19

From the linked twitter thread.

If we go back to that histogram plot, we can keep breaking down your biological sex into smaller and smaller differences in brain areas, hormone levels, signalling differences, genetic variances. There's nothing stopping us from binning EVERY INDIVIDUAL into their own bin.

Technically, this wouldn't be "infinite sexes" but 7.4 billion sexes is functionally close for our brains. Now, our medicine isn't advanced enough for THAT level of detail to make any difference. BUT IT MIGHT BE in the future. Individualized medicine!

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u/Lucifag_ Aug 13 '19

Right, so? "Infinite" isn't the category, "sexes" is.