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Summary: Let’s jump into a fascinating ongoing scientific dust-up between biologists and philosophers about what biological sex actually means. Most biologists keep it simple: males make small reproductive cells (sperm), females make big ones (eggs). But two philosophers of science are pushing back hard, saying we should ditch the whole concept of biological sex because it’s too messy and problematic. It’s a bit like past debates about whether ato...
Published on February 26, 2025 03:01