aarch0x40@piefed.social to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-28 days agoMasturbation among birds is ‘natural’ and should not be punished, say expertswww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square75linkfedilinkarrow-up1370 cross-posted to: science_memes@mander.xyzscience@lemmy.world
arrow-up1370external-linkMasturbation among birds is ‘natural’ and should not be punished, say expertswww.theguardian.comaarch0x40@piefed.social to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-28 days agomessage-square75linkfedilink cross-posted to: science_memes@mander.xyzscience@lemmy.world
minus-squaregedfromgont@piefed.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26·8 days ago If you’ve ever seen a bird masturbate, you absolutely know what that bird is doing. Hilarious statement. So if I have never seen a bird masturbate, I would not know what the bird is doing? Wow.
minus-squareStarDreamer@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 days agoThat’s a fallacy: P -> Q does not imply !P -> !Q However, it does imply !Q -> !P: if you don’t know what a bird is doing, you’ve never seen a bird masturbate.
minus-squarewonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·7 days agoAs someone who’s never seen a bird masturbate, I assumed it would look like preening. This sentence clarified that it would not look similar.
Hilarious statement. So if I have never seen a bird masturbate, I would not know what the bird is doing? Wow.
That’s a fallacy: P -> Q does not imply !P -> !Q
However, it does imply !Q -> !P: if you don’t know what a bird is doing, you’ve never seen a bird masturbate.
As someone who’s never seen a bird masturbate, I assumed it would look like preening. This sentence clarified that it would not look similar.