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Evolutionary Biologist, Polar Wanderer, Astronomer Wannabe. Telling people they are fish, rocks and stars since 2008.

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    1. Jonathan Haidt‏Verified account @JonHaidt 29 May 2019

      Shoutdowns on campus are down since 2017, thankfully. But the teaching climate has changed; some profs tell me they have stopped teaching content that will upset activist students, such as intelligence. Here's a report from a biologist at Williams:https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/05/self-censorship-campus-bad-science/589969/ …

      64 replies 522 retweets 1,416 likes
      Neil Shubin‏ @NeilShubin 29 May 2019
      Replying to @JonHaidt

      After my urogenital development lecture in Anatomy 4 years ago, a distressed student urged me to stop using the words Male and Female. Never did I refer to identity...only anatomy, endocrinology and genetics. I was shocked my boring lecture could elicit such rage.

      9:07 AM - 29 May 2019
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        2. Beatrice the Biologist‏ @beatricebiology 29 May 2019
          Replying to @NeilShubin @JonHaidt

          I'm fascinated by this intersection. A snail biologist I know gave a talk and someone came up afterwards and said she was offended by the term hermaphroditic.

          3 replies 5 retweets 42 likes
        3. Jennifur68‏ @jennifur68 29 May 2019
          Replying to @beatricebiology @NeilShubin @JonHaidt

          Was the offended individual a non-binary gender liquid snail? If not I suppose they have no snail in this fight.

          0 replies 1 retweet 29 likes
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        2. Joshua Curry‏ @joshuancurry 29 May 2019
          Replying to @NeilShubin @JonHaidt

          Perhaps wild type XX and XY are more scientific? The student’s reaction does seem a bit over-the-top. However, I can see how the terms male and female may exclude intersex individuals whose genetics, endocrine function, and phenotype do not match up with either completely.

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        3. Neil Shubin‏ @NeilShubin 29 May 2019
          Replying to @joshuancurry @JonHaidt

          XX/YY not in birds (it is a comparative anatomy class).

          1 reply 0 retweets 13 likes
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        1. Mike Burke‏ @Mike_Burke_UK 29 May 2019
          Replying to @NeilShubin @JonHaidt

          Wow

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        2. TinTin‏ @TinTin51439800 30 May 2019

          That’s terrible- poor you.

          1 reply 0 retweets 6 likes
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        1. Trans inclusive radical feminist  🧜‍♀️‏ @badmuthatrugger 30 May 2019
          Replying to @NeilShubin @JonHaidt

          Were they distressed or enraged?

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        2. Lorna  🟩 ⬜ 🟪‏ @lorcaat 30 May 2019
          Replying to @NeilShubin @JonHaidt

          Cry bullies. Biology is bad when it hurts student's feeelz. Scientists will be the next hate group to be deplatformed. Universities really need to stop caving in to this nonsense or a small minority of idealogical ninnies will be determining the content of medical lectures.

          2 replies 4 retweets 42 likes
        3. Constantatious Mazula CDM, PDQ, TTFN‏ @NeurolawGuy 30 May 2019
          Replying to @lorcaat @treekahlo and

          Scientists will respond robustly. And their response will blow the gender identity BS out of the water.

          1 reply 0 retweets 8 likes
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