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WCDT Strips 3536 to 3540 (31st July to 4th August 2017)
Cornelius:
Alright, thanks, that clears it up.
Gyrre:
--- Quote from: Cornelius on 18 Aug 2017, 10:01 ---I'm not sure. Hermaphrodite denotes both sets of genitals, and Im not sure that is the same as intersex. Especially with application to chassis. But I may be wrong.
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If memory serves 'hermaphrodite' is a hold-over from ye aulden days of alchemy, when scientific knowledge was sorely lacking in some areas (such as genetics, and chemistry).
*shakes fist*
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Case:
--- Quote from: Gyrre on 19 Aug 2017, 02:48 ---
--- Quote from: Cornelius on 18 Aug 2017, 10:01 ---I'm not sure. Hermaphrodite denotes both sets of genitals, and Im not sure that is the same as intersex. Especially with application to chassis. But I may be wrong.
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If memory serves 'hermaphrodite' is a hold-over from ye aulden days of alchemy, when scientific know was sorely lacking in some areas (such as genetics, and chemistry).
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--- Quote ---In biology, a hermaphrodite is an organism that has reproductive organs normally associated with both male and female sexes. Many taxonomic groups of animals (mostly invertebrates) do not have separate sexes. In these groups, hermaphroditism is a normal condition, enabling a form of sexual reproduction in which either partner can act as the "female" or "male". For example, the great majority of tunicates, pulmonate snails, opisthobranch snails and slugs are hermaphrodites. Hermaphroditism is also found in some fish species and to a lesser degree in other vertebrates. Most plants are also hermaphrodites.
Historically, the term hermaphrodite has also been used to describe ambiguous genitalia and gonadal mosaicism in individuals of gonochoristic species, especially human beings. The word intersex has come into preferred usage for humans, since the word hermaphrodite is considered to be misleading and stigmatizing, as well as "scientifically specious and clinically problematic".
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermaphrodite)
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Speculating here, but I wouldn't be surprised to learn that the brains of snails lack the neurological framework necessary to have a gendered perception of themselves, something that Intersex humans most definitely have.
snufflebottoms:
--- Quote from: hedgie on 06 Aug 2017, 14:50 ---I thought that there was an intentional androgyny there, which might fit Spookybot's nature. For regular AIs, though, I'd assume that they'd generally be binary.
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I mean binary is their language :claireface:
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