Science and Falsehoods Coda: Why does all this matter?
Throughout this series I have discussed a wide range of philosophies and attempted to create a framework of intellectual humility in which faith and science could co-exist as separate things. There is a certain bit of the practicality of the matter that I feel has been left untouched. My initial goal of starting this blog and this particular series was to stop debating anti-trans folks online and channel my thoughts and energies into something more worthwhile. In the time since I started, I have made a determination that as a trans academic, I am the very opposite of what the anti-trans crowd respects and listens to. In fact, I am the very embodiment of the woke groomer they fear. I also find that engaging in this type of “debate” is too emotionally draining. Trans denialists and endorsers of “conversion therapy” end up looking at me and accusing me of being “too angry” or “overly emotional.” There is a primary difference between me and them. For them, a “debate” is an intellectua...