Recent content by FrumiousBandersnatch

Sorry, got sucked in! ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

It's just history. Did you read the article I linked? [Transgender history - Wikipedia] If you weren't aware, gender identity is (in contemporary parlance) about feelings; about which gender one feels most closely aligned with (if any). It is not the same as biological sex. It would be...

Maybe you've been reading too narrow a range. Transgender people have always been around (as have people on the LGBTQ+ spectra in general); different cultures have treated them in different ways, some being more accepting, sometimes giving them distinct cultural roles, and some being less...

From this outsider's POV, it would seem that part of the problem here is having religious hospitals (is that the right way to say it? Religiously affiliated?), because hospitals don't have beliefs, people have beliefs. In the UK, hospitals are a national service, and staff members can choose not...

Which analogy was that - could you explain, or point me to the relevant post?

They're both examples of a certain type of conceptual abstraction. But if the analogy doesn't work for you, that's OK. As I said, a kilowatt is a unit of power, it measures the rate of energy production or consumption; it's not 'energy itself'. The unit of energy is the joule, which quantifies...

Skimming through, I read that as, "I'm so far right, I'm antichrist." Freudian slip - saying one thing and meaning your mother...

It was an analogy. It was an analogy, i.e. the concept or principle is similar. That's what I said in the text you quoted for this very comment: "Energy is analogous (except that, unlike financial value, it is constant and conserved, not subjective)." Strictly, no, but as it provides a...

The moon is not self-luminous. Does that help? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

That depends on whether you are considered an intermediary or not. If I get a tax rebate cheque (check) by mail, I don't thank the postman for his generosity.

ALthough it has properties 'inherited' from the sun...

Recent global temperature figures suggest some unexpected tipping point has been passed. I've heard that some forests are near becoming or have become net emitters of CO₂ thawing permafrost is releasing rapidly increasing quantities of CH₄ (methane), and volcanic activity plays a role, but I...

Not by common definitions of theory and belief. You can believe that a theory is the best available or current explanation without believing the theory. Living with uncertainty is part of what makes a good scientist

Not exactly. Further research may lead to a discovery that falsifies the theory, or may show how the theory explains the hitherto unexplained. Einstein's theory of General Relativity is still being researched and tested - the idea is to see if it fails somewhere and so get a clue to a deeper...

So what do you think they mean by it? Is it what you mean when you use it? If you're not prepared to explain what you mean by the terms you use, some people might assume you don't know what they mean.