Geothermal is a little scary, because if we could cool the magma enough, it would no longer create the Magnesphere that provides the protection from solar radiation.
Might take millions of years, but Mars is an example of a cool core.
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Geothermal is a little scary, because if we could cool the magma enough, it would no longer create the Magnesphere that provides the protection from solar radiation.
Might take millions of years, but Mars is an example of a cool core.
Absolutely, turning Earth's molten magma solid could cause a problem, though the bio-protective magnetosphere may have more to do with Earth's molten Iron core, than the magma mantle.
The source of that melt does not appear to be as much if at all from our sun's electromagnetic radiation, but rather more from our sun's gravitation.
Earth's axis of rotation is not perpendicular to the ecliptic, so Earth's mantle & core are under constant churn.
I'm not sure we'll chill that process substantially, charging our cell-phones.
I believe you're right, on principle.
I suspect the reason it's immaterial is the quantification, the proportion:
the amount of energy potential from the planet,
vs the amount we might actually be able to capture.
An insignificantly small fraction I suspect, EVEN if locally we might chill the local site a little.
Not enough to degrade the magnetosphere.
Good points and I really do not know the details.
It could even be that the moon's rotation might add energy and keep the core from ever decaying?
It just seems like a good idea to think long range.
For example, depending on whale oil was not a very good idea.
Then we went to fossil fuel, which may be even worse.
Nuclear may be the best, since that it the power of the stars.
But it is funny how much I liked that movie, "China Syndrome" with Jane Fonda, and now I am a little embarrassed.
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pic of AOC, which FOX inscribed: NONSENSICAL
AOC says she supports men in women's sports because she's a "girl's girl"
www.foxnews.com
This FOX headline asserts AOC "supports men in women's sports".
If I understand AOC's personality, her official position is likely to be AOC supports women in women's sports.
I'll settle for a quotation from AOC, not a "NONSENSICAL" absurdity from FOX, a source whose journalistic integrity is a distant memory.
United States President Donald Trump and his administration have made transgender athletes one of their favorite targets throughout this presidential term, from an executive order on girls' and women's sports to federal investigations into schools that allow trans students to compete. But according to Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the real target is much bigger.
In a recent speech, the New York Democrat argued that the administration's focus on trans girls in sports is a strategic distraction, and claimed that the bigger goal is weakening Title IX, the federal law that protects women and girls from sex discrimination and sexual assault in schools. Ocasio-Cortez said that by going after trans athletes, the administration is "attacking all women's ability to stand up against their abusers."
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AOC says she supports men in women's sports because she's a "girl's girl"
AOC says she supports men in women's sports because she's a "girl's girl"
AOC claimed she supports trans women in women's sports because she's a "girls girl," drawing fierce backlash over her Title IX and rights stance.
www.foxnews.com
This FOX headline asserts AOC "supports men in women's sports".
If I understand AOC's personality, her official position is likely to be AOC supports women in women's sports.
I'll settle for a quotation from AOC, not a "NONSENSICAL" absurdity from FOX, a source whose journalistic integrity is a distant memory.
‘Not just about trans girls in sports’: AOC says President Trump wants to ‘shred our Constitution’ using trans athletes as a ‘distraction’
Kevin Harrish / Fri, October 23, 2026 at 5:00 AM GMT-5United States President Donald Trump and his administration have made transgender athletes one of their favorite targets throughout this presidential term, from an executive order on girls' and women's sports to federal investigations into schools that allow trans students to compete. But according to Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the real target is much bigger.
In a recent speech, the New York Democrat argued that the administration's focus on trans girls in sports is a strategic distraction, and claimed that the bigger goal is weakening Title IX, the federal law that protects women and girls from sex discrimination and sexual assault in schools. Ocasio-Cortez said that by going after trans athletes, the administration is "attacking all women's ability to stand up against their abusers."
Trump's War On Trans Athletes
Going after trans athletes has been a priority for President Donald Trump since his first weeks back in office. In February 2025, he signed an executive order titled "Keeping Men Out of Women's Sports," which threatened federal funding for schools that allow transgender girls and women to compete on female teams.
‘Not just about trans girls in sports’: AOC says President Trump wants to ‘shred our Constitution’ using trans athletes as a ‘distraction’
United States President Donald Trump and his administration have made transgender athletes one of their favorite targets throughout this presidential term, from an executive order on girls’ and women’...
pic of AOC, which FOX inscribed: NONSENSICAL
AOC says she supports men in women's sports because she's a "girl's girl"
AOC says she supports men in women's sports because she's a "girl's girl"
AOC claimed she supports trans women in women's sports because she's a "girls girl," drawing fierce backlash over her Title IX and rights stance.
This FOX headline asserts AOC "supports men in women's sports".
If I understand AOC's personality, her official position is likely to be AOC supports women in women's sports.
I'll settle for a quotation from AOC, not a "NONSENSICAL" absurdity from FOX, a source whose journalistic integrity is a distant memory.
‘Not just about trans girls in sports’: AOC says President Trump wants to ‘shred our Constitution’ using trans athletes as a ‘distraction’
Kevin Harrish / Fri, October 23, 2026 at 5:00 AM GMT-5
United States President Donald Trump and his administration have made transgender athletes one of their favorite targets throughout this presidential term, from an executive order on girls' and women's sports to federal investigations into schools that allow trans students to compete. But according to Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the real target is much bigger.
In a recent speech, the New York Democrat argued that the administration's focus on trans girls in sports is a strategic distraction, and claimed that the bigger goal is weakening Title IX, the federal law that protects women and girls from sex discrimination and sexual assault in schools. Ocasio-Cortez said that by going after trans athletes, the administration is "attacking all women's ability to stand up against their abusers."
Trump's War On Trans Athletes
Going after trans athletes has been a priority for President Donald Trump since his first weeks back in office. In February 2025, he signed an executive order titled "Keeping Men Out of Women's Sports," which threatened federal funding for schools that allow transgender girls and women to compete on female teams.
‘Not just about trans girls in sports’: AOC says President Trump wants to ‘shred our Constitution’ using trans athletes as a ‘distraction’
United States President Donald Trump and his administration have made transgender athletes one of their favorite targets throughout this presidential term, from an executive order on girls’ and women’...
I'm a little confused by the fact some trans I see are too large and seem to have an unfair advantage, while other trans seem to fit fine with the gender?
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Some ciswomen are too large and seem to have an unfair advantage.
Does that mean that unusually tall women shouldn't be allowed to play basketball? Or volleyball?
Or that exceptionally strong women shouldn't be allowed to compete in wrestling? Or weightlifting? Or .....
Perhaps my #88 can help supplement S #87:
Overlapping bell-curves.
We see this prominently in the cis-population.
The stoutest, strongest woman is more robust than the frailest man.
Some of us may have stereotypes which are adequate approximations of population subsets. BUT !
I suspect (without recent reliable data to base it on) trans are a minority.
But within such minority there's diversity mirroring the larger population.
Neither sexual identity nor sexual preference are determined by body type.
Perhaps we can blame the propagation and endurance of these stereotypes on Hollywood / central casting.
They have a story to tell in about an hour and a half, and stereotyping a character may help reduce storyline explanations,
and help promote comprehensibility.
Some trans obviously have a long duration of more testosterone than is acceptable.
Height is not a factor.
Density is more of the factor.
Sexual identity or sexual preference are not the issues.
What matters is body building steroids.
If you'll pardon my curmudgeonly reflection here:
- I support individual rights, but not the indulgence of the few, if it penalizes the many.
If a human born one gender decides they'd prefer life after transgender, ultra-spectacular !
As long as no innocents are harmed, I can't imagine why we should object.
The issue becomes clouded when such gender transition presents the appearance, or grounds for suspicion of unfairness among athletic competitors.
Perhaps candidates for gender reassignment that are also interested in athletic competition should do as Bruce Jenner did,
and compete first, and transition afterward.
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You seem to be confusing sex and gender.
Gender identity, like sexual orientation, is innate - they were born that way and it's not something that can be changed. Moreover it's not a choice.
Venn trouble?
American Heritage® to the rescue !
gen·der (jĕndər)
n.
1. Grammar
a. A grammatical category, often designated as male, female, or neuter, used in the classification of nouns, pronouns, adjectives, and, in some languages, verbs that may be arbitrary or based on characteristics such as sex or animacy and that determines agreement with or selection of modifiers, referents, or grammatical forms.
b. The fact of being classified as belonging to such a category: agreement in gender, number, and case.
2.
a. Either of the two divisions, designated female and male, by which most organisms are classified on the basis of their reproductive organs and functions; sex.
b. One's identity as female or male or as neither entirely female nor entirely male.
c. Females or males considered as a group: Students lined up with the genders in different lines.
[Middle English gendre, from Old French, kind, gender, from Latin genus, gener-; see genə- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]
gender·less adj.
Usage Note: Some people maintain that the word sex should be reserved for reference to the biological aspects of being male or female or to sexual activity, and that the word gender should be used only to refer to sociocultural roles. Accordingly, one would say The effectiveness of the treatment appears to depend on the sex of the patient and In society, gender roles are clearly defined. In some situations this distinction avoids ambiguity, as in gender research, which is clear in a way that sex research is not. The distinction can be problematic, however. Linguistically, there isn't any real difference between gender bias and sex bias, and it may seem contrived to insist that sex is incorrect in this instance.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2022 by HarperCollins Publishers. All rights reserved.
Here AHD® uses both "category" and "classification" in definition of "gender". In that / some sense they are synonyms. Not all ways, your point I suspect.
I imagine you have more clarity on this than I do.
Let's cite a specific example.
Based upon genital configuration Francis was born unambiguously male. BUT!
Francis was never comfortable with the characteristics mother provided, such as trousers and a blazer for church.
Based upon genital configuration Francis is male.
Much otherwise, female.
So doesn't it depend upon which criterion the distinction is based on? The tangible, vs the behavioral? When they conflict? We needn't tangle here with additional rare complications, epicene & hermaphrodite, etc.
A man can surely do what he wills to do, but cannot determine what he wills. Schopenhauer
My casual exposure to post-op stats indicate patient populations are rarely 100% satisfied with the surgical result. Whether or how much this results from preference variability I do not know.
From Merriam-Webster:
Are gender and sex the same? Yes, and no. There are some circumstances where you may be better served by using one of these two words, and there are some cases where it does not much matter which one you choose.