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"The truth" is such a vague term. You can say things that are true, but are also misleading, simply by omitting pertinent information. I think most people's p
by awb 5y ago
"The truth" is such a vague term.
You can say things that are true, but are also misleading, simply by omitting pertinent information.
I think most people's position when they're offended by a "truth snippet" is "this is immoral because it's misleading / incomplete / biased, etc.".
In this case, they omitted many sports where men and women are much more level competitors like curling, darts, bowling, equestrian, motor bike racing, marathon swimming, sailing, etc. And ignored marathon swimming where women routinely beat men.
And they didn't pick a diverse cross-section of sports that focused on various attributes like upper body strength, lower body strength, accuracy, agility, dexterity, flexibility, endurance, efficiency, artistic movement, decision making, etc. They just published a chart of the more male dominated sports where strength is of outsized importance and said that the male advantage is "insurmountable" as justification for banning transgender athletes (based on testosterone levels) from all female sports.
So, people aren't debating what's in the chart, they're debating what's not in the chart.