Eugine_Nier comments on 2012 Less Wrong Census Survey: Call For Critiques/Questions - Less Wrong

20 Post author: Yvain 19 October 2012 01:12AM

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Comment author: Eugine_Nier 20 October 2012 01:44:12AM 2 points [-]

I would put over 95% on it

that seems low.

Comment author: [deleted] 21 October 2012 11:40:53AM *  1 point [-]

Not that low. (Unless he has children, at least.) EDIT: I'm pretty sure I read a longer version of that article, also mentioning Olympic sex tests etc., but I can't find it anymore.

In any event, that reminds me that having more than two X chromosomes, or more than one Y chromosome, doesn't matter much, so if the question is kept I'd specify that XY also includes XYY, XYYY etc. and XX also includes XXX, XXXX, etc.

Comment author: thomblake 22 October 2012 01:52:01PM 0 points [-]

What army1987 said. Naturally intersexed folks are about 1% of the population, though that number probably includes some non-chromosonal differences and excludes some chromosonal differences.

And I said "over 95%" because I knew it would be at least 95% if I thought about it, but I hadn't yet.