Behold, the hydra

The relationship between prenatal androgens and later behaviour is a robust finding. The relationship with the same prenatal androgens and “gender identity” is much less consistent. CAH girls show substantial masculinisation of play, interests and activities. Yet when we move from what children do to who they understand themselves to be, that relationship weakens. Across CAH samples, 88% of girls have fallen within the control-female range for “gender identity”, while degree of genital virilisation (a marker of prenatal androgenisation) did not predict “gender identity”. Other cohorts show masculinisation in CAH girls across many behavioural measures, but no significant difference across measures of gender confusion/dysphoria. There has been evidence for increased “cross-gender identification”. But this is where terminology becomes important. In one CAH sample, 51% preferred cross-gender games, 44% opposite-sex playmates and 41% cross-gender roles in play, while only 5% frequently expressed a wish to be the other sex. But this raises a broader measurement problem: many historical measures of “gender identity” incorporate toys, clothes, playmates, activities and sex-typed roles. If prenatal androgens strongly influence those behaviours, then correlations between androgens and a “gender identity” scale partly containing those same behaviours cannot automatically be interpreted as evidence that prenatal androgens masculinise identity itself. The emerging pattern seems more interesting than the simple “prenatal hormones determine gender identity” story: the further we move from sex-typed behaviour toward core identity/dysphoria, the weaker and less consistent the association with prenatal androgens becomes.

bedrottingcels seething at maladaptive pacing chads

Edmund Burke, Reflections on The Revolution in France, 1790.

This is going to cause a crisis

the “Hard Problem” in a nutshell: 1. atoms aren't wet 2. water is made of atoms 3. water is wet 4. so at least one of 1-3 must be false Panhydrationists say #1 is false Dualists say #2 is false Illusionists say #3 is false Materialists say #4 is false

And we don’t need to believe unsubstantiated whimsical claims

In the event of a nuclear war, most people will not be killed in the initial blast but will actually die shortly after because of limited access to gender affirming care.

This guy can continue to endorse mass murderers like Mao Zedong and still be celebrated by the entertainment industry and mainstream liberal institutions. And yet, we are to only believe the right has a radicalism issue.

Ahh yiss. The warmth of socialism.

We’re fucked

The Cornell situation is so complicated, but most people commenting on it are only reporting half of the story

MEN, BE RESPONSIBLE

Olivine, an abundant mineral with potential for large-scale geological CO₂ storage, may carbonate more rapidly under alkaline conditions than previously expected. Investigating direct carbonation at 185°C across initial pH values of 3–14, this study examines how pH and alkalinity influence olivine dissolution and CO₂ mineralisation. Despite the anticipated slower dissolution at higher pH, the results show that alkaline conditions significantly accelerate direct carbonation kinetics. The research also evaluates the effects of initial total alkalinity and different alkalinity sources, providing insights for estimating carbonation performance across diverse reaction conditions, including the highly alkaline groundwater found in peridotite formations such as Oman’s Samail Ophiolite. pubs.acs.org/esthag/article-…

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