Those “sex is a spectrum” articles, debunked

The sunlight spectrum. CC-BY licensed photo by yellowcloud on Flickr at https://www.flickr.com/photos/63794141@N00/5794359801

Science doesn’t stay still. The purpose of the scientific method is to question what we already know, and to see whether there are better explanations to describe what we see and experience in the world around us. Two classic examples from physics: Albert Einstein creating a new framework for understanding space and time with his theory of relativity; and the double-slit experiment demonstrating that a photon…