How many legs is a human born with?
>>36640919it depends on the human
>>36640935in general?
>>36640919humans have 2 legs
>>36640957If a few humans are born with 1 or 3 legs does this then mean that humans do not have 2 legs?
>>36640977no, those are rare occurances caused by mutations"humans have 2 legs" is still generally true even if 3 legged individuals existed in small numbers
>>36640977they average out to about 2 legs. but how many legs you have doesn't say whether you're human or not
I mean technically the average amount of legs per human is <2
>>36640919>>36640977depends on the contextif a friend said they were having a child i'd assume it to be born with 2 legs. if i went to a conference on birth defects i'd probably not assume that, and if i was talking about veterans i'd also not assume that but in a different waylike obviously in most contexts humans have 2 legs but not in all contexts. if a few humans have 1 or 3 legs it means humans do not have 2 legs when those few people are relevant. i'd hope you'd not go to the conference or veteran's club yelling that humans have 2 legs
>>36641038how do you determine what is normal and what is the mutation?
>>36640919Stop talking this way. This is a problem of language, not a problem of metaphysics. Everybody understands “humans have 2 legs,” everybody understands “almost all humans have 2 legs but some don’t,” and everybody understands “humans have 2 legs by default.”
>>36640919“Human” does not exist, there are only individuals
>>36640919wtf is this where the 3rd leg comes from in Diablo
>another shallow attempt at linguistic sleight of handhow did this amateur debate class shit take hold and become meaningful as a way of deciding or establishing anything? it's so transparently in service of a predefined conclusion and employs all the tactful logic of a schoolyard bully
