viamiraia

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by viamiraia 18d ago
as an example of this, pretend probability is a velocity: https://www.mathpages.com/home/kmath216/kmath216.htm going beyond that page, think about beta distributions (and dirichlets). they are probability distribu
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by viamiraia 20d ago
please note there's precedence https://www.mathpages.com/home/kmath216/kmath216.htm the difference is i approach it through the lens of evidence, allowing more insights and connections.
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by viamiraia 20d ago
also, bonus connections: kl divergence is the ln of the lorentz factor (log(gamma)), the Bhattacharyya coeeficient is 1/gamma, and Jeffreys divergence is velocity times rapidity!
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by viamiraia 1y ago
> Without blockers, 60-90% of kids presenting with gender dysphoria desist in cross sex gender identity by adulthood. But when put on blockers, nearly 100% continue living as the cross sex gender. You say "most research" shows
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by viamiraia 1y ago
The Cass review has been widely rejected by reputable medical associations. In addition, reviews of the Cass review have found several flaws and instances of bias: https://bmcmedresmethodol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10
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by viamiraia 1y ago
The results for attempts are underpowered and they acknowledge this (note the p-values too), but not for ideation. From the discussion: > We did not detect a difference in the odds of lifetime or past-year suicide attempts or attempts re
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by viamiraia 1y ago
I addressed this in another comment, but for most trans people there is some component of both physical and social dysphoria. I have physical dysphoria to the extent that I had signs when I didn't even know what the word transgender me
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by viamiraia 1y ago
As a trans woman who has talked with many other trans women, the majority, including me would prefer not having gone through male puberty at all. The benefits do not outweigh the gender dysphoria. We would love to go through puberty the exa
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by viamiraia 1y ago
Decoupling behavioral expectations from physical appearance would be great! But that would be a titanic task, and shouldn't fall solely onto trans people, whose mental health often depends on seeing oneself as and being seen as the gen
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by viamiraia 1y ago
I want to quickly address your last two coupled questions. Just loosening tight expectations for gender roles is not enough. For many of us there is a physical component. When puberty hit I started plucking out any facial hair, grew out my
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by viamiraia 1y ago
I am a trans woman. For me it's closer to wrong body, as I do get a lot of physical dysphoria, but I'm always careful when talking about gender. I like to split it into three components - gender identity, gender expression, and ge