People should be encouraged to self-experiment with unproven treatments if they wish.

I agree in principle. I think it gets a lot harder in practice the further the end user gets from research and development. That’s where the lines between false advertising, medical malpractice, and flat out poisoning people may start to blur.

But assuming risks…[Read more]

Is this “revelation” just some sort of psy op to scare the bejeezus out of our enemies? Or is it a ploy to get more money for defense?

Your take on how to handle dysphoria seems to be highly technocratic and destructive to the concept of the family.

Groan.

Unseen wrote:

If that’s the sort of argument you want to trot out, what are parents good for, anyway? Apparently, it’s not guidance or putting a firm “Whoa!” on a potentially bad and irreversible decision.

What are parents good for? Lots of things, but being doctor substitutes tends not to be one of them.

It’s likely far more clear to a fifteen…

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Autumn wrote:

Who cares? The doctor doesn’t need to understand their child better than they do. The doctor needs to know appropriate treatment options. The youth knows their gender identity better than parents and the doctors know better than the parents what suitable treatment options are.

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Reg the Fronkey Farmer wrote:

If it turns out that there are strange footprints on any of the starboard bows then I might get interested. Bear in mind that ye cannae change the laws of physics, laws of physics, Jim.

Yeah, if they’re from some star far, far away, then it probably took them anywhere from 10 years at half the speed of light to maybe…[Read more]

If it turns out that there are strange footprints on any of the starboard bows then I might get interested.  Bear in mind that ye cannae change the laws of physics, laws of physics, Jim.