Come now, why doesn’t Brennan take an experimental approach: kick him or her where the balls would be, and appraise the reaction? I mean, this is a conspiracy of scientists, not Aristotelian scholastics.
Because, as my daughter learned the other day, that still hurts. Also, the person could have been a non- or pre-op transsexual woman (leaving out other variants merely for brevity).
Maybe a different experimental method...
Edit: See also: Tim_Tayler’s comment above re: hidden prior.
Because, as my daughter learned the other day, that still hurts.
My understanding is that while the pain is not all that different in degree it is different in nature. I haven’t tested it but I suspect that taking a suitable sample would allow you to generate a reliable heuristic for differentiation.
Also, the person could have been a non- or pre-op transsexual woman (leaving out other variants merely for brevity).
Yes, different tests are likely required for determining either private self concept or publicly acknowledged identity than those that determine physical characteristics.
Come now, why doesn’t Brennan take an experimental approach: kick him or her where the balls would be, and appraise the reaction? I mean, this is a conspiracy of scientists, not Aristotelian scholastics.
Because, as my daughter learned the other day, that still hurts. Also, the person could have been a non- or pre-op transsexual woman (leaving out other variants merely for brevity).
Maybe a different experimental method...
Edit: See also: Tim_Tayler’s comment above re: hidden prior.
My understanding is that while the pain is not all that different in degree it is different in nature. I haven’t tested it but I suspect that taking a suitable sample would allow you to generate a reliable heuristic for differentiation.
Yes, different tests are likely required for determining either private self concept or publicly acknowledged identity than those that determine physical characteristics.