Hey, I've been thinking of doing a poll for a while! If people would be interested in it, I'll try to set one up on a trustworthy site.

I often have moments when I think how could anyone believe something so obviously stupid and baseless. And if a person does believe this, then how can I possibly trust or respect them in any other field? And in moments like that, I think it's good to remember that I too got caught up in this for a time.

Yeah, I hear you-- it's good to keep that in mind. Each person has only so much energy to spend in a day, and refuting bewildering ideological claims takes a lot of energy. For me, I guess I just never really thought about it, back in college... I had no understanding at all of why so many of my classmates were calling themselves "nonbinary" and whatnot, but I felt bad that I didn't seem to get it and accepted that they must just know better than me. Now it makes me kind of angry to think about the way I was mistrusting and putting myself down... but I need to remember that other people who are silent on the issue are probably having that same experience, I'm not the only one! Lol. Thank you for the indirect reminder of that.