D> "Skin color is an arbitrary factor that does not relate in any reasonable way to lineage. The idea that “black gives birth to black” is nothing but an outdated pseudo-scientific racist narrative."
This is a form of mott and bailey argument, and it's not scientific.
When he wants to defend it from dissent, he interprets it as "The correl…
D> "Skin color is an arbitrary factor that does not relate in any reasonable way to lineage. The idea that “black gives birth to black” is nothing but an outdated pseudo-scientific racist narrative."
This is a form of mott and bailey argument, and it's not scientific.
When he wants to defend it from dissent, he interprets it as "The correlation of lineage to skin color is less than 1.00" (which is true)
But when he wants to reason based on it, he interprets it as "The correlation of lineage to skin color is 0.00" (which is false).
If they were not related in any "reasonable" way, then Africa parents in general would be just as likely to birth an Asian, or White, baby as a black one, with no meaningful correlation between parent skin color and children's skin color. Similarly for Native American parents, Chinese parents, etc.
He's pretending that rare exceptions, or edge cases, mean that high statistical correlation is "a outdated pseudo-scientific racist narrative". It's clear that when he's using motivated reasoning to support his emotionally desired outcome, he has no grasp of statistics or science (whether he has any grasp of those in other contexts I know not).
Similarly fallacious reasoning is used in other facets of Critical Social Justice ideology, such as sex and gender ideology.
Let me use computer processors as an example. In some circuits, 2.5-3.3v is considered a "1", and 0-1.8v is considered a "0". The logic and architecture of the processor are based on this binary of 1 and 0, hence we call these binary computers using binary logic. But there are statistically uncommon cases where the master plan (in a lithograph) doesn't transfer perfectly to the silicon wafer, and a transistor malfunctions, so that a given line might be permanently or intermittantly stuck at a 2.0v, which is neither a 1 nor a 0. Does that mean the whole computer is now organized based on trinary math, or is structured as an analog computer utilizing a spectrum of voltages? Does it prove that there really isn't any meaningful difference between 1 and 0 in the computer? No, it does not; the computer's logical organization as AND and OR gates doesn't change; the stuck voltage component is just an error in implementation - a major or minor malfunction, noise in the system. Sometimes the chip can be salvaged by having redundant units which can be substituted for the malfunctioning ones, sometimes not.
Because a very small portion of the population is born with truly ambiguous genitalia or other genetic or developmental flaws, they reason that there is no meaningful difference between male and female in the overall population, and they delusionally think that has been "proven by science".
As you say, we can recognize reality and still treat people decently; there is no need to become delusional or out of touch with reality in order to create a better world.
"When he wants to defend it from dissent, he interprets it as "The correlation of lineage to skin color is less than 1.00" (which is true)
But when he wants to reason based on it, he interprets it as "The correlation of lineage to skin color is 0.00" (which is false)."
Yep, exactly. This is the same motte-and-bailey that all "trans" arguments depend on. Or really almost all critical theory infused arguments.
"Categories cannot be perfectly defined with zero exceptions therefore categories are meaningless. At least, until my argument rests on the category in question, then the category is sacred and inviolable and any attempt to define it differently to me is hate speech."
For example, "woman" is a social construct and has no objective definition. But if I "identify" as a woman and you tell me I don't fit your definition of what a woman is, that's basically genocide.
D> "Skin color is an arbitrary factor that does not relate in any reasonable way to lineage. The idea that “black gives birth to black” is nothing but an outdated pseudo-scientific racist narrative."
This is a form of mott and bailey argument, and it's not scientific.
When he wants to defend it from dissent, he interprets it as "The correlation of lineage to skin color is less than 1.00" (which is true)
But when he wants to reason based on it, he interprets it as "The correlation of lineage to skin color is 0.00" (which is false).
If they were not related in any "reasonable" way, then Africa parents in general would be just as likely to birth an Asian, or White, baby as a black one, with no meaningful correlation between parent skin color and children's skin color. Similarly for Native American parents, Chinese parents, etc.
He's pretending that rare exceptions, or edge cases, mean that high statistical correlation is "a outdated pseudo-scientific racist narrative". It's clear that when he's using motivated reasoning to support his emotionally desired outcome, he has no grasp of statistics or science (whether he has any grasp of those in other contexts I know not).
Similarly fallacious reasoning is used in other facets of Critical Social Justice ideology, such as sex and gender ideology.
Let me use computer processors as an example. In some circuits, 2.5-3.3v is considered a "1", and 0-1.8v is considered a "0". The logic and architecture of the processor are based on this binary of 1 and 0, hence we call these binary computers using binary logic. But there are statistically uncommon cases where the master plan (in a lithograph) doesn't transfer perfectly to the silicon wafer, and a transistor malfunctions, so that a given line might be permanently or intermittantly stuck at a 2.0v, which is neither a 1 nor a 0. Does that mean the whole computer is now organized based on trinary math, or is structured as an analog computer utilizing a spectrum of voltages? Does it prove that there really isn't any meaningful difference between 1 and 0 in the computer? No, it does not; the computer's logical organization as AND and OR gates doesn't change; the stuck voltage component is just an error in implementation - a major or minor malfunction, noise in the system. Sometimes the chip can be salvaged by having redundant units which can be substituted for the malfunctioning ones, sometimes not.
Because a very small portion of the population is born with truly ambiguous genitalia or other genetic or developmental flaws, they reason that there is no meaningful difference between male and female in the overall population, and they delusionally think that has been "proven by science".
As you say, we can recognize reality and still treat people decently; there is no need to become delusional or out of touch with reality in order to create a better world.
"When he wants to defend it from dissent, he interprets it as "The correlation of lineage to skin color is less than 1.00" (which is true)
But when he wants to reason based on it, he interprets it as "The correlation of lineage to skin color is 0.00" (which is false)."
Yep, exactly. This is the same motte-and-bailey that all "trans" arguments depend on. Or really almost all critical theory infused arguments.
"Categories cannot be perfectly defined with zero exceptions therefore categories are meaningless. At least, until my argument rests on the category in question, then the category is sacred and inviolable and any attempt to define it differently to me is hate speech."
For example, "woman" is a social construct and has no objective definition. But if I "identify" as a woman and you tell me I don't fit your definition of what a woman is, that's basically genocide.