[-] reliv3@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

In that case, there may be a flaw in argument. Your anecdotal story doesn't disprove their point. The moment you started powerlifting training for 3 months, you've already became stronger than the average male. Most men on Earth don't do any sort of strength training, and it's not unreasonable to think that these men are not much stronger than the average woman.

[-] reliv3@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I don't think I'm arguing against your evidence. It's your idea that this difference in men and women's strength is simply explained by a difference in testosterone. This claim does not nullify the questions posed in the article.

Both biology and the environment play roles in defining people's personality and physique. Higher testosterone is only a piece of biology's role, but it's only loosely related to environment's role. It's not an unreasonable hypothesis to claim society's artificial rules placed on women might have had an effect on women's physique through things like sexual selection. This is why scientists still explore these things.

[-] reliv3@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago

Estrogen is also a hell of a drug... It's actully a point in the article that people give testosterone too much credit and estrogen not enough credit when it comes to how they affect the physique.

Your argument being founded on the effects of testosterone is not a good one...

[-] reliv3@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago

Not with that attitude.

Remember when you had to get your friends and family to use Facebook? I do. Most (may be all) social media platforms are opt in. People are not born with a Facebook account.

This is not a reason, but rather a means to absolve yourself from engaging with a platform you know is toxic.

[-] reliv3@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 years ago

It feels a but ridiculous that you are using "less work hours due to pregnancy and childcare" as your primary explanation for why women make less over multi-decades long career.

Women go on pregnancy leave for months. How can this explain less pay for years of working?

[-] reliv3@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago

It's a good theory, but...

A) these gems won't be on eternal so those characters are going to feel rough.

B) those new will be obsolete at the end of season 1

Because of these two points, they really shouldn't be balancing the game around these temporary season exclusive items.

[-] reliv3@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Yes, like you stopping to peddle your bike...

A simple force diagram and application of newton's 2nd law predicts the bike should accelerate to the left while it's velocity is towards the right. This means the bike should slow down.

[-] reliv3@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago

As a high school physics teacher, if this is the hill you're willing to die on, then you neither understood the content in your high school physics class nor your university physics class. Newton's 2nd law is generally accurate in most scenarios even without simplifications.

[-] reliv3@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Consider the flipped version of the same question: "Was Earth the only planet in the universe that was able to conceive life?"

If the answer to this question is "Yes", then our universe would not be fit for life, and we wouldn't exist either.

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