Biology is the study of life, and even the definition of what constitutes “life” becomes very fuzzy when you look at it too closely. For every set of properties you can define that need to be met for something to be alive, there are edge cases and outliers in nature.
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powerstruggle@sh.itjust.works 2 days agoWhat’s interesting about sex being binary is that biology is really messy and hard, and it’s kind of amazing that we found such a universal definition.
mech@feddit.org 2 days ago
Lumidaub@feddit.org 2 days ago
So why’re you trying to put it into such a rigid framework if you agree it’s messy?
powerstruggle@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
I’m doing nothing other than relaying how the field of biology uses the terms.
You’re also confusing biology being messy in general, vs finding one particular area where it isn’t
davidagain@lemmy.world 2 days ago
You’re confusing your shit politics with truth.
powerstruggle@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
It does feel nice to throw around insults, but maybe a better use of your time would be to learn about why you’re wrong