Writer of historical fiction and non-fiction: King Arthur Man or Myth, The Battles of King Arthur, The Roman King Arthur? Early Anglo-Saxon Kings, 6th Legion..
@zoesqwilliams
@SoniaRGallego
I think you have that backwards.
Acknowledging evolution is not an attack on creationists.
Acknowledging the evolution of binary sex and 250m years of mammalian evolution is not an attack on people who reject the fact human sex is binary.
@KatyMontgomerie
@jk_rowling
So far I have noticed from your side:
Inability to define terms
Lack of evidence
An incoherent and contradictory theories
Use of flawed and debunked studies and articles
Inability to discuss in good faith
Lots of abuse
Not seen much of that from other side
A thread about Book sales: Tough Crowd by Graham Linehan.
For all those authors, publishers and independent book shops out there struggling to get by.
This is not about the merits of the book or any of the contentious issues surrounding it.
@stephenwhittle
What about someone teaching evolutionary biology or evolutionary psychology at university?
How could they teach their subject if they were unable to express the fact mammalian sex in general and human sex in particular is binary?
@zoesqwilliams
People who acknowledge 1 billion years of evolution of binary sex and 250m years of mammalian evolution constitute a significant majority in this country.
However the counter claims have no support. They are assertions without evidence and seem to be based entirely on ill feeling towards the author.
I don’t want to get in to that. This thread is to clarify the misconceptions about what constitutes a successful book.
The idea that books have to break the top 30,000 on amazon to be deemed successful (which would be top 0.1%) is inaccurate.
Whilst there are 'poor' books out there in general authors, publishers and book shops need all the support they can get.
Firstly the average book sells about 3,000 copies in its lifetime. A few hundred in its first year. Any book selling a few hundred in first week or being in Amazon’s top 300,000 is well within in top 1% of books for that year.
These are not mutually contradictory points and claims 390 copies a week is ‘poor’ don’t really understand the industry. 400 copies a week for several months would equate to low 1000s of sales. This would be successful and in line with the alleged initial print run of 10,000.
@stephenwhittle
It is a fact that mammalian sex is binary and it can be observed in over 1 billion years of evolution of binary sex
All those working at human fertility clinics, zoo breeding programs and farms are ‘acting’ on that belief.
Are you suggesting they are breaking some law?
@KatyMontgomerie
@jk_rowling
extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.
Terms have to be defined. Evidence has to support claims. Studies need replicating. Theories have to be consistent and cohesive and rooted in scientific method.
I’m sorry but I only see one side achieving this standard
It is also possible to game the system temporarily and get a high rank on amazon if you get lots of sales in short time span. There are examples of this. However to reach number 2 overall and stay in top 1000 for 2-3 weeks can only be achieved by relatively high sales.
Now to this particular book. It reached number 2 across all books on the UK best sellers rank (it also reached number 2 in at least one sub-category). I’ve since seen it drift out to 760, back into 200 odd and fluctuate over a couple of weeks.
A popular book might break in to the top 10,000 and hold there for first month before drifting out to say 100,000. A year later it might be 500,000. A few sales on the same day might push it back into top 100,000. An initial print run of 1000 if sold would make it a success
However this ‘390’ figure is not backed up by the publisher or the information on amazon.
The counter to this is the publisher can not be trusted and amazon best seller rank can be manipulated or is inaccurate.
Roughly a million books are published each year. 4 million if self published books are included. Amazon has 32 million books listed. Celebrity biographies might sell tens of 1000s. A small number sell in hundreds of 1000s.
There are two competing claims.
1. The book is selling well and they’ve had to print more after initial run of 10,000
2. The book has sold ‘only’ 390 copies in its first week
There are online calculators that estimate sales based on Amazon best sellers ranks.
My analysis of this suggests the publishers comments are likely to be accurate. Time will tell.
@KatyMontgomerie
@jk_rowling
I’m afraid the evidence suggests it is not your side.
And resorting to abuse and ad hominem doesn’t help support your position.
A thread about Book sales: Tough Crowd by Graham Linehan.
For all those authors, publishers and independent book shops out there struggling to get by.
This is not about the merits of the book or any of the contentious issues surrounding it.
@DreamerP120
@anniebannany69
@KatyMontgomerie
This chart has been debunked
If sex is spectrum can u name all the different points along that spectrum? describe what drives development towards those points? what are extremes? Where exactly are M and F? And predict what gametes might result?
what does x axis measure?
@PinguTuan
@KatyMontgomerie
@jk_rowling
I would need proof that sex was not binary and immutable.
So far every single argument, study and article I’ve seen on here has been easily debunked.
It’s not a good look when one side is continually unable to define terms or provide evidence and is caught out misrepresenting
@HeatherEHeying
@IanCopeland5
When did this misinformation appear in academia?
Wasn’t in degree courses in U.K. 20 years ago. And the fringes of social psychology had some crazy ideas back then. Nothing like this though…
@salltweets
@stephenwhittle
The very existence of human fertility clinics and zoo or farm breeding programs must be a slap in the face for those that reject mammalian binary sex.
@SoupTransphobes
@MaggieandGus23
@zaelefty
If there were more than 2 sexes you’d be able to name and define them.
If sex was bimodal/spectrum you’d be able to name and define the extremes, peaks and points in between
And state what drives development towards those points.
@tarch85
@simonjedge
It’s been proved the sales are good.
Several people, including you, kept claiming without evidence that the sales were poor.
And that opinion is clearly driven by ill will not facts.
You’ve been shown the evidence repeatedly
@KatyMontgomerie
@jk_rowling
The only abuse I’ve noticed has been in one direction.
But I’ve only been looking at this corner of X for a few weeks.
Perhaps eventually I’ll see some evidence for your claim.
But I’ve also seen people claim things that turned out to be not true…
How many people saw JK Rowling’s withering reply to soccerdad in that thread and had an uncontrollable urge to check how much dust actually is under the fridge?
@KatyMontgomerie
@blablafishcakes
A clear definition of binary sex has been given multiple times.
Yet no-one from the other side has been able to provide any consistent coherent answers regarding numbers, names and definitions for the sexes they claim.
Or explain what drives development to those ‘sexes’.
@SoupTransphobes
@MaggieandGus23
@zaelefty
If there were more than 2 sexes you’d be able to name and define them.
If sex was bimodal/spectrum you’d be able to name and define the extremes, peaks and points in between
And state what drives development towards those points.
@No7Sammy
@AngelLamuno
They are explaining that karyotypes or specific DSDs are not evidence of a third sex.
There are only two human sexes. This example is a woman with a specific condition.
@PinguTuan
@KatyMontgomerie
@jk_rowling
I would need proof that sex was not binary and immutable.
So far every single argument, study and article I’ve seen on here has been easily debunked.
It’s not a good look when one side is continually unable to define terms or provide evidence and is caught out misrepresenting
@Telegraph
They are either mistakenly conflating the early migration period with the later establishment and evolution of a common culture..
or they are being deliberately disingenuous
The Early Anglo-Saxon Kings
@Stargat63505608
@zaelefty
Your screen shots confirm what he says.
2 pathways.
Different chromosomes.
2 sexes, 2 gametes.
There’s no third sex or gamete.
Otherwise his detractors would have named them by now
@KatyMontgomerie
They’re definition of sex is fairly consistent.
As is the number of sexes and gametes.
2 pathways, 2 sexes, 2 gametes.
Still trying to get clear answers from your side.
How many sexes and gametes exactly?
@rebelofengland
@blablafishcakes
@simonjedge
The initial print run was 10,000. That was the target for the year.
They’ve had to do another run in 1st 3 weeks.
It’s already a commercial success for the publisher.
How many books do you expect a celebrity biography to sell?
@tarch85
@simonjedge
That’s not an accurate picture of the book industry.
The book is doing the similar to other celebrity biographies.
They don’t all reach number 2.
And books don’t tend to stay in top 1000 for months let alone top 10
Unless it’s Rowling or similar
@KatyMontgomerie
@jk_rowling
It’s going to take a long time to go through each one of those organisations and determine how each defines conversion therapy.
Why not tell me how you define conversion therapy and I can tell you if I agree.
@tharook
@KatyMontgomerie
@blablafishcakes
Sex is discrete. Separate and distinct.
And binary.
In any population you would be able to count all the M and F.
And any with DSDs would also be M or F because DSDs are sex specific.
@simonjedge
The average book sells about 3,000 copies, most in 1st year.
If a book gets into top 300,000 it’s in the top 1% on Amazon
Getting into top 10,000 is a huge success
Selling 400 a week, any week, surpasses yearly sales of 99% of books
@POCX100
@PaulEmbery
In what way does acknowledging 250 million years of mammalian evolution ‘other’ anybody?
It’s not ‘othering’ people with anorexia to state eating a healthy balanced diet is a good thing.
@tarch85
@simonjedge
1. Low hundreds in first week would be excellent even if that was true
2. The evidence is it’s not true and the sales so far have exceeded the initial print run of 10,000
See the recent article from Spiked.
Was Lucius Artorius Castus the real King Arthur?
Find out in this entertaining exploration of two fascinating figures behind the theory influencing the 2004 film King Arthur
Goal after goal went in as Rowling was on top form.
In the end class told although to be fair it told from the beginning and middle too.
By half-time most people had stopped counting. Never had the phrase ‘lucky to get nil’ been more appropriate.
@PaulEmbery
They are either mistakenly conflating the early migration period with the later establishment and evolution of a common culture..
or they are being deliberately disingenuous
The Early Anglo-Saxon Kings
@speakoutsister
The problem I find is getting a consistent definition which is why I asked.
I’d quite like to know a clear consistent definition of both sex and gender from people on your side of the debate.
And how they are connected.
Genuinely interested.
@KatyMontgomerie
Strong case of DARVO here.
Tried to steer the thread away from Rowlings post and my comment.
Tried to divert topic away from any evidence human sex is not binary and immutable.
Posted link about something else. Demands it is read.
Insists it hasn’t been.
Creates new thread..
On a wet windy Friday evening one of the game's biggest mismatches unfolded.
To be fair to soccerdad he attacked from the kick off with what some might call a reckless concern for the nerves of any supporters he might have.
@rebelofengland
@blablafishcakes
@simonjedge
That comes across a little hostile.
Why would the colour, sexuality or sex of a person prevent them from having an opinion?
Surely we are all part of the human race?
@BriskittyMeows
@yofxckthis
@WildfireWhisper
No, because there are only two developmental pathways after conception, M or F.
Various karyotypes and chromosomal arrangements but each one still only M or F.
@GrecianGirly
I have a book out in couple of weeks featuring these fine gentlemen.
They provided some very nice photos
The History of Roman Legion VI Victrix: The Original Watchers on the Wall
@michaelpforan
I find your posts very useful.
Whilst I’m fairly new to this I can see one side struggles to answer questions and quickly resorts to abuse.
This is partly a deliberate rhetorical strategy.
But some are so invested in ideology they have lost all sense of perspective and reason
@mimmymum
@SusannaRustin
Acknowledging 1 billion years of evolution of binary sex and 250m years of mammalian evolution is not bigoted.
Every single human fertility clinic in the world, and animal breeding programs in zoos and farms, relies on the fact mammalian sex is binary.
#HistoryWritersDay22
The Real Gladiator: The True Story of Maximus Decimus Meridius
Are you not entertained?
This book will demonstrate fact is even more bloody and entertaining than fiction..
@asteriaofnight
@No7Sammy
@AngelLamuno
Is it because he acknowledged human biology?
Not sure how fertility clinics could possible function if they ignored the fact human sex is binary
Biology will tell you that this woman has Swyer syndrome, a disorder caused by loss or mutation of male-making genes in an XY embryo, resulting in female sex differentiation that includes fallopian tubes, a uterus, cervix, and vagina.
There are no ovaries in these cases because
@_wohyeahwohyeah
@stephenwhittle
Mammalian sex is not ‘mostly’ binary. It is binary.
Those that reject this tend to shoehorn in things that are not sex.
If there were more than 2 sexes they would name and define the 3rd and 4th etc
If sex was a spectrum they would define the measurement and points along it
@speakoutsister
That doesn’t help me understand your position.
If I look to the other side of this debate for definitions I read fairly consistent clear answers.
I’d like to understand the position from your side of the debate.
@Longshanks1307
Episode I: The first kingdom
Three keels approach the east coast of Kent
At the prow of the first stands a warrior, clad in mail, boars crest on his helmet.
Behind him the fires of Finnsburg
Ahead an invitation by a British ruler, Vortigern, and war against the Picts
@PinguTuan
@KatyMontgomerie
@jk_rowling
News to me.
When did evolutionary biologists, psychologists, biologists and even zoologists start claiming this exactly?
What year did this start appearing in degree courses?
Why did well known fertility expert claim otherwise?
still need evidence that sex isn’t binary in humans
@Vicodin10_
@HazelAppleyard_
But this article does give a very interesting summary of all the current scientific thinking.
It’s a be interesting break down of the main arguments.
Her other articles on this topic have also been informative.
I can only urge you to read it…
@KatyMontgomerie
@NoCisgender
You are mistaking Chromosomes and gametes for sex.
Many karyotypes, 2 developmental pathways, potentially producing 1 of 2 gametes
@speakoutsister
@lseee_2
Sex is determined at conception and often observed in utero.
So here you seem to take the position gender is completely unrelated to sex and 100% a social construction which begins at birth.
Unless I’ve misunderstood you.
Unfortunately naive tactics and a poor defence saw him quickly behind against Rowling.
Having shipped several goals in the first few minutes it threatened to be a difficult evening for the hapless soccerdad.
And so it proved.
@SoupTransphobes
@MaggieandGus23
@zaelefty
Zac on the other can provide a definition for sex, explain clearly why it is binary, explain what drives development and describe how reproduction works in real world both in humans and other animals.
And he can place that in context of over 1 billion years of evolution
Regarding Boris’s reference to Cincinnatus.
The idea of a Roman serving as dictator in an emergency then selfishly handing back power to the republic was one of the themes of the 2000 film Gladiator. Also covered in the book below…
1./ Who Are the Real Holocaust Revisionists? Trans activists slurred
@RosieDuffield1
claiming she denied historical facts. But it's they who rewrite the history of the Holocaust. They claim trans people were targets of the Nazis. Here's how they weren't, in any meaningful sense.
@simonjedge
People don’t understand the industry. Most writers earn very little. Anyone who has achieved thousands of sales is in top fraction of 1% of new titles that year.
Anyone who is still in top 100,000 a year later is doing great.
@KatyMontgomerie
@NoCisgender
Over 1 billion years of evolution of sex, and specifically 250 million years of mammalian evolution, have resulted in 2 distinct developmental pathways, M or F.
@BriskittyMeows
@WildfireWhisper
I believe this example was a woman with a specific DSD
There are only two developmental pathways, M or F.
Various Karyotypes, but they are all either M or F
@POCX100
@PaulEmbery
@GBNEWS
Well you guessed wrong this time.
And the union should not, as the ET confirmed, have targeted someone for supporting brexit. Especially as a good half of the people they represent also support it.
My station was split exactly 50/50.