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The manosphere has a new dating hack: stop showering and let yourself stink (www.independent.co.uk)
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[โ€“] fervent_apathy@anarchist.nexus 1 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) (1 children)

You can't assume uniformity in biology.

You responded with:

Yeah..... You can. If there is an established norm, then there is no reason to assume extraordinary uniqueness unless presented with evidence that begs to differ.

I simply presented you with "the evidence that begs to differ". Whether or not it applies to humans was never the point I was making. I simply asked for your thoughts on uniformity regarding intra-species pheromones.

[โ€“] TranscendentalEmpire@lemmy.today 1 points 12 hours ago

simply presented you with "the evidence that begs to differ".

I think you are interpreting uniformity differently than the original claim. When he said uniformity he was saying that there's a chance that one man could have something like pheromones when others did not, because genes make us all different.

My response was that a certain level of uniformity is expected in biology, and that we shouldn't assume otherwise without evidence to support doing so.

I don't really see anything in the article you linked that would really conflict with my rebuttal. Variables caused by something like environmental factors doenst imply an unexpected uniqueness within the species itself. No one is claiming that all members of a certain species are completely alike in every way.