If he really wanted a fair debate he’d do it in a properly moderated forum like Intelligence squared. Or better yet a written debate where both sides could properly research their responses and provide sources.
What he wants is to Gish Gallop a scientist in a friendly environment with an idiot moderator that couldn’t fact check his way through a 3rd graders homework.
It’s all about the forum. Public debate in a fair and properly moderated forum like Intelligence squared = legit. Debate hosted by him on his podcast = bullshit that would do more harm than good.
When a mind believes it’s the opposite gender of the body it inhabits - that seems like the textbook definition of a mental illness.
I’m not saying such people should be discriminated against, hated, threatened, or shamed in any way - I think they should be loved and supported just like anyone with any other mental illness. But somehow it’s basically a hate crime now to call it that, and everyone is pretending it’s the same as a sexual preference like being lesbian/gay/bi.
LGB is simply a spectrum for who you’re attracted to - T is a complete disconnect between your body and ego. If that isn’t a ‘mental illness’ then those words have no meaning.
I built a really nice city in Cities Skylines. I’d just be chilling.