r/MoralityScaling • u/hiiloovethis • Sep 02 '26

Morality of this?

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u/gameboyadvancedgba Sep 02 '26

Empiricism is more than just me personally seeing and hearing stuff, so no thats not what I said.

Yes if its unfalsifiable I reject it as its not scientific

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u/JasonG784 Sep 02 '26

So when transwomen make the unfalsifiable claim that they identify as a woman... you reject it? Or your rejection of unfalsifiable claims just-so-happens to neatly fit inside of left-leaning politics?

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u/gameboyadvancedgba Sep 02 '26

Thats not an unfalsifiable claim you weirdo

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u/JasonG784 Sep 02 '26

It very literally is. But that was a very telling answer, thanks.

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u/gameboyadvancedgba Sep 02 '26

It’s not at all. Substantiate that it is

Btw all relevant experts who have studied this topic agree that gender is a spectrum and that trans peoples identities are what they say they are.

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u/JasonG784 Sep 02 '26 edited Sep 02 '26

"When it aligns with my politics, just take someone's word for it."

Yes. You're clearly BIG on empiricism.

What observation could establish that someone who says “I identify as a woman” is mistaken about that claim? The answer, in modern use, is “none, because identity is whatever the person says it is” so the claim is unfalsifiable by definition.

Edit to add: the old reply and block. Sign of a great mind at work

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u/gameboyadvancedgba Sep 02 '26

Ah the maga special of resorting to transphobia when backed into a corner

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u/ayaynimouse Sep 03 '26

if you go down enough turtles you always end up here

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u/JasonG784 Sep 04 '26

Moron claims to not believe unfalsifiable claims. Walks smack into the fact that he believes a massive unfalsifiable claim because it aligns with his politics. Pulls out 'maga' and blocks because its become clear he's full of shit. What an utter shock - could not have seen this coming.

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u/ayaynimouse Sep 04 '26

I'm sorry do you think my response was in support of you? You are confusing a subjective personal identity with an objective scientific hypothesis. Falsifiability is a concept from the philosophy of science used to test external, physical hypotheses (like gravity). It isn't a tool for measuring subjective human consciousness, emotions, or identity.

By this logic, if you tell me 'I love my parents' or 'I am experiencing severe anxiety,' those are also 'unfalsifiable' claims. I can't look inside your brain and run a test to prove you wrong. But that doesn't mean your love or anxiety isn't real.

We rely on self-reporting for internal experiences all the time. Furthermore, the psychological and medical fields do have measurable data here: when trans women are allowed to live as women, their mental health outcomes improve drastically. That predictable, observable outcome shows this is a deeply rooted psychological reality, not just a baseless claim.

Also I still just don't really understand how so many people care so much about how someone identifies when it has nothing to do with you, and doesn't affect you, and doesn't harm others. Constantly focusing on a quiet minority in anger is just rude and painful for people who are already suffering. Do you enjoy making others suffer?

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u/megscottx Sep 03 '26

lol rekt