Friday, February 28, 2020
Party of Science Hardest Hit
In the Wall Street Journal earlier this month, biologists Colin M. Wright and Emma N. Hilton discussed the results from what is perhaps the longest running experiment in human history, namely, determining the number of sexes/genders. Spoiler alert: there are two.
Key takeaway:
The time for politeness on this issue has passed. Biologists and medical professionals need to stand up for the empirical reality of biological sex. When authoritative scientific institutions ignore or deny empirical fact in the name of social accommodation, it is an egregious betrayal to the scientific community they represent. It undermines public trust in science, and it is dangerously harmful to those most vulnerable.Via Jazz Shaw.
Labels: biology is hard, party of science
