Now that Laurel Hubbard has failed to win at the Olympics, I guess all the bad-faith nonsense about transgender athletes dominating women's sport will be entirely revised? Right?
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Replying to @GidMK
"My housemate had Covid and fully recovered after a few days, without having suffered any serious symptoms at all. Now that's happened, I guess all the bad-faith nonsense about Covid being a serious threat will be entirely revised?" (This is how you sound.)
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Replying to @IonaItalia
Did people across the world write headlines based on this one housemate? If she wasn't a good example why has she been used as an example for months
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Replying to @GidMK
I'm not sure why you assume that I have a female housemate. I don't. My point is that suggesting that knowledge of a single example (which could be an outlier) is sufficient to understand a wider phenomenon doesn't seem very scientific. I don't recommend arguing this way.
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Replying to @IonaItalia
The she in my tweet was referencing Hubbard. My point is that people have been arguing for a long time that she proves trans athletes have an unfair advantage, and she lost. It was always a bad argument
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Replying to @GidMK @IonaItalia
Eileen OS Retweeted Ross Tucker
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Ross TuckerVerified account @ScienceofsportFolks, you can't measure the presence of an advantage by whether someone wins or not. It has to be measured relative to self. The final performance is the SUM of base level PLUS advantage. So looking only at the final says nothing about the presence of absence of an advantage.Show this thread1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes -
Replying to @eosull @IonaItalia
That's just a terribly deceptive argument. The discussion is not about any advantage, but an unfair advantage. If we cared about ~any~ advantage we'd be excluding people for all sorts of reasons
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Replying to @eosull @IonaItalia
Not at all. It is literally in the IOC rules and judgements - the concern is entirely about what is fair in sport. If no one had an advantage, no one would ever win
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Replying to @GidMK @IonaItalia
Then why do we have male/female categories at all? Or weight categories etc?
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Because we consider those to be elements that influence what is "fair". Obviously that's somewhat debatable, as all such judgements are
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Replying to @GidMK @IonaItalia
Debatable really? Now that is just ridiculous - I admire your work but as a former elite swimmer (long time ago, I am really disappointed in your take on this - bye
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