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minus-squarezalgotext@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down1·25 天前There’s at least a third gamete size of 0, as in, no gametes, so there goes that binary
minus-squarepowerstruggle@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down8·25 天前Their bodies are still organized around the production of one or the other of two gamete sizes, even if they don’t produce any
minus-squarezalgotext@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down1·25 天前Except when they’re not. At which point your binary classification* system has more than two classifications it can make, making it definitionally not binary.
minus-squarepowerstruggle@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down4·24 天前Nobody’s body is organized around the production of no gametes.
There’s at least a third gamete size of 0, as in, no gametes, so there goes that binary
Their bodies are still organized around the production of one or the other of two gamete sizes, even if they don’t produce any
Except when they’re not. At which point your binary classification* system has more than two classifications it can make, making it definitionally not binary.
Nobody’s body is organized around the production of no gametes.