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  1. By the same token, the fact that you can fit ~99% into two categories, based on some limited set of criteria, does not mean that everyone in a category is identical, nor does it mean that there is no overlap between these categories if you consider more criteria. Further, the admission that less than 1% aren’t covered by this (erroneous though that number is*) belies the argument that there are huge numbers of transgender individuals waiting to descend on athletics, if only some circumstances would change. You can’t have both be true. Either their numbers are small, or they are not. * less than 1% considering themselves to be transgender does not mean that this is the percentage of people who have characteristics from the other category. It only means that having such characteristics is not compelling enough to feel as if they are mislabeled.
  2. No comprehensive definition is a far cry from no distinction. That’s a helluva strawman
  3. Nightmare, yes, but actual lawmakers are relatively few in number, and most don’t drive themselves around.
  4. The traffic I’ve dealt with for the last 25+ years (and deal with a lot less, recently) highlight these “A” personality drivers, who act like the rules don’t apply to them. Ignoring the dotted lines dividing the lanes, crossing a lane or two to turn or exit. And forcing themselves into a lane instead of getting in line. I’ve wondered if it’s due to the higher density of lawyers and their ilk (be they practicing attorneys, lobbyists or whatever). There’s also the problem of the folks with diplomatic immunity, possibly not caring too much about following the traffic laws. (Also the incompetent - coming to a stop on the onramp!)
  5. No, it’s not the clarity. It was that it was from a personal anecdote rather than a scientific journal.
  6. What you’re asking for doesn’t exist. I thought that this had been made clear.
  7. One of these needed to be true, and neither one was.
  8. One might ask how they deal with it with conventional vehicles. They might have a gasoline station on-site, and regularly top off the tank. I imagine there’s a checklist of things that must be in place before going out on a call, and “more than half a tank” could be one of the items. They might even refill after each call. How often do ambulances run out of fuel?
  9. This seems like a simple check for an algorithm, diverting to a fueling site when the level gets low, and not getting on a section of road if there isn’t enough fuel to get to the next site. And also being able to immediately dispatch a refueling vehicle when it happens.
  10. We’d like a reasonably clear point of discussion.
  11. ! Moderator Note This should be more descriptive; it’s a publicly available (no copyright) book on history, use and effects. Not on how to make them.
  12. It’s not just the roads. You have to update all the cities, too. Rail and subway trains don’t make 90 degree turns with pedestrians potentially blocking the way. And cars are not connected and hit each other. You don’t have trains where only one car stops to discharge passengers or unload cargo. Or have the cars go at different speeds. They don’t pass each other. One train car doesn’t stop short. Some of these issues are mitigated if all of the cars are automated, but how do you get to that point? Do you mandate that everybody get one? Is the government going to buy all of the conventional vehicles that would be worth far less under such a mandate? What of the people who can’t afford a new, rather expensive car?
  13. I will reiterate that rail and subways have significant differences from roadways. It seems obvious to me. Do I need to explain these differences?
  14. Science and engineering are pretty cerebral, too, and there are some well-known sexual predators throughout the various disciplines. And stories of coverups because universities didn’t want to deal with the publicity of the allegations.
  15. Don’t ignore the possibility that women might prefer to not have to deal with sexual harassment, and that might be a contributing motivation for segregated divisions.
  16. Citation? I’ve found sources that peg the number at ~30 million (2021), but they say cars. I see stories of a test program for buses in the UK, but it’s very small scale. (ETA- I see the number for the US is a thousand or two, so I wonder where are these millions of cars? I can’t find actual numbers for China, who allegedly have the most) 30 million vs 1.4 billion cars means we have a long way to go The goalposts keep moving. Buses and trains are not source-to-destination, as autos are, and I think that’s the source of the big problems. I’ve raised concerns about driverless cars. Responses citing trains and buses does not address the issues, and is a tacit admission that these problems are not currently close to being solved. And European cities aren’t the same as US cities. There are huge layout/logistical issues, which is also a reason why we don’t have good mass transit in much of the US.
  17. So you need to have a roadway system with no pedestrians - not even after the passengers leave the car. A city with no inhabitants. Plus no construction, or downed trees, or any other random obstacle. The navigation has to rely on the centralized automation rather than visual cues. It can only work if all the cars are automated, and you have to drive everywhere.
  18. Here’s a link I shared earlier in the other thread. It discusses possible biological and social influences https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Causes_of_gender_incongruence
  19. Transit systems yes - rail systems, for example - but we were specifically talking about self-driving cars. Roadways are very interconnected. And it’s not just the isolation of the system. The discrete nature of trains simplifies the problem, as opposed to the many cars and many destinations of road systems.
  20. There is no change in the partner polarization. If the photons’ polarizations are entangled, you don’t know either photon’s polarization state, only the correlation. Measurement of one photon means both photon states are determined.
  21. I mean in a medical journal. Like “LSD affects the action of the brain chemical serotonin” A near-death experience is not inherently an illegal act.
  22. You can. The rule says “References to drug use are not permissible unless the references are scientific or otherwise useful as part of a discussion.” You can’t tell stories about drug use, or related illegal activities. You want to talk about how a drug interacts with the body that you found in a journal article? Sure, go for it.
  23. What’s the scientific test for someone being attracted to another? For someone being an introvert or extrovert?
  24. Gender identity refers to a person’s internal sense of being male, female or something else https://www.apa.org/topics/lgbtq/transgender-people-gender-identity-gender-expression I don’t see “chooses” in that definition. That’s something that you have added. Obviously the way you understand choice differs from mine. Why do you choose to be right- or left-handed?
  25. Is this based on your comprehensive knowledge of studies? Is this another opinion? And “caused by the choice”? Who is claiming that this “choice” is causing anything? There are biological differences between cis men and transgender women, so there could very well be differences that affect athletic performance. Differences in brain structure https://www.nature.com/articles/s41386-020-0666-3 Differences in estrogen receptors https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/02/200205084203.htm Something biological? Yes. see above. Estrogen? See above. edit: see also https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Causes_of_gender_incongruence

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