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Burninator05@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• Greg@lemmy.ca ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  The additional ~200 bones from fetuses in late stage pregnant woman would be more than the missing bones from amputees etc. OPs statement is accurate.

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  • jaybone@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Wouldn’t they be too small though?

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    • JaymesRS@literature.cafe ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Skeleton size or proportionality not specified.

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  • QuaternionsRock@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    You can’t use one unfused half-bone in place of one full bone >:(

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    • ohitsbreadley@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      What if we use the little fetus bones to replace some of the smaller adult bones, and take those smaller adult bones to replace some bigger adult bones, and so on until we have a big ol’ femur?

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  • doctorcrimson@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Actually, OP’s statement is still wrong because there are more bones than 1 entire skeleton.

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• JusticeForPorygon@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  The word average can technically refer to arithmetic mean, median, mode, or range. That’s why you were probably taught them at the same time. That’s also why tests like the ACT tend to have a * at the top that says something along the lines of “The word average indicates arithmetic mean.”

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  • morrowind@lemmy.ml ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I have never in my life seen it refer to anything but the mean

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    • JusticeForPorygon@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Because mean is the most common form of average. But, for example, when referring to salaries, the words median and average are often used interchangeably.

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      • BA834024112@lemmy.zip ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        This isn’t true at all

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• MacNCheezus@lemmy.today ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Actually, the average human body contains more than one skeleton.

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  • evidences@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    This depends entirely on how many people there are out there with missing limbs.

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    • MacNCheezus@lemmy.today ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      It would have to be a lot considering that a baby has a full set of bones while a missing limb is generally only a few of them.

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      • evidences@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Half the bones in a adult human are in the hands and feet. I don’t know if there’s enough missing limbs to offset fetus skeletons but I there’s a whole lot of bones missing in a double amputee.

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• webghost0101@sopuli.xyz ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Different perspective: Even if you miss a limb your body contains the full 100% of the skeleton you can find in a person missing that limb.

  There still complete human beings even if their body has a unique challenge.

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  • ohitsbreadley@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I appreciate what you’re saying here - people come in all shapes and sizes, with different abilities, limb counts, etc. Every one is a human being deserving respect and dignity.

    But OP didn’t say “a complete human being” - it said “a complete human skeleton.”

    If an individual is missing a limb, by birth or by accident, they don’t have a complete skeleton. It’s a plain fact. Doesn’t mean they are any less human.

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• dream_weasel@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Are infinitesimally shaved average bones not bones? Idk who is the bone authority responsible for making that decision.

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  • Tremble@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    There are a lot of people missing bones, but I don’t think anyone has extra, so….

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    • CulturedLout@lemmy.ca ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      What about people with extra fingers and toes? Parasitic twins?

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      • Goatmom@lemmy.ml ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Pregnant women as well. Now their human body contains two skeletons, thus raising the average number of bones in a human body by a considerable amount. I would guess there’s probably more pregnant women than there are people missing limbs.

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    • TheRealKuni@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      My wife has an extra rib above her collarbone.

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    • dream_weasel@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Plenty of people do. My sister for example had bones in her feet that never fused and had to have an extra removed. I guess that’s pretty common

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    • Exatron@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Some people were born with extra fingers, and sometimes entire extra limbs.

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