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<blockquote data-quote="somethingtobelievein" data-source="post: 74977" data-attributes="member: 90">It was not evident.&nbsp; So you are doing well!&nbsp; Although I may have attributed tone where I should not have, so I&#039;ll try not to moving forward.To explain the &quot;essentially&quot; addendum.&nbsp; Say I handed you a piece of fried food, and you asked me what it was.&nbsp; If I answer, &quot;chicken,&quot; you will take a bite of it without question - if you like chicken.&nbsp; If I say &quot;it&#039;s essentially chicken,&quot; you&#039;d be confused: &#039;wait, so is it not chicken?&nbsp; Is it lab-grown or something?&nbsp; Is it a different bird?&#039;&nbsp; Adding &#039;essentially&#039; really only tells the person that it is NOT what they&#039;d normally think of as chicken, because there is some sort of caveat.But I think scientifically humans have 10 fingers.&nbsp; Perhaps it&#039;s easier to understand with legs.&nbsp; We call certain species &quot;bipedal&quot; if they walk on two legs.&nbsp; But if some humans are born without a leg, would a scientist describing humans not refer to humans as a species as being bipedal?To me, they are the same.&nbsp; A man can have feminine traits: a man can wear feminine clothing, speak in a feminine way, exhibit feminine behavior, etc., but even while doing that a man is male.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="somethingtobelievein, post: 74977, member: 90"] It was not evident. So you are doing well! Although I may have attributed tone where I should not have, so I'll try not to moving forward. To explain the "essentially" addendum. Say I handed you a piece of fried food, and you asked me what it was. If I answer, "chicken," you will take a bite of it without question - if you like chicken. If I say "it's [I]essentially[/I] chicken," you'd be confused: 'wait, so is it not chicken? Is it lab-grown or something? Is it a different bird?' Adding 'essentially' really only tells the person that it is NOT what they'd normally think of as chicken, because there is some sort of caveat. But I think scientifically humans have 10 fingers. Perhaps it's easier to understand with legs. We call certain species "bipedal" if they walk on two legs. But if some humans are born without a leg, would a scientist describing humans not refer to humans as a species as being bipedal? To me, they are the same. A man can have feminine traits: a man can wear feminine clothing, speak in a feminine way, exhibit feminine behavior, etc., but even while doing that a man is male. [/QUOTE]

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