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Hypergendered Logic — Page 79
123. A causal proof sketch using intervention language Suppose 𝐵= Φ 𝑆, 𝐷, 𝐸, 𝐻 ( ). Imagine intervening to hold stage fixed: 𝑑𝑜𝑆= 𝑆𝐹 4 ( ). If is then allowed to change, can change whenever depends nontrivially on : 𝐷 𝐵 Φ 𝐷 Φ 𝑆𝐹 4, 𝐷1, 𝐸, 𝐻 ( ) ≠Φ 𝑆𝐹 4, 𝐷2, 𝐸, 𝐻 ( ). Therefore fixing stage does not causally fix phenotype unless one adds the very strong extra law ∀𝐷1, 𝐷2, 𝐸, 𝐻: Φ 𝑆𝐹 4, 𝐷1, 𝐸, 𝐻 ( ) = Φ 𝑆𝐹 4, 𝐷2, 𝐸, 𝐻 ( ), which would make all non-stage inputs causally irrelevant. HGL does not contain such a law. This is why the user’s correction is not merely semantically possible; it is natural in any causal model with multiple developmental inputs. 124. Why “permanent stagnation” should not be heard as “failure” The word stagnation can sound evaluative, as though a body has malfunctioned. HGL uses it neutrally here to mean only no increase in the stage index during the specified interval. A permanently Archfemale can be a perfectly coherent realization of the system. A permanently 𝑆𝐹 7 𝑆𝑀 4 Archmale can likewise be coherent. Whether a given fictional species treats further progression as normal, unusual, desirable, undesirable, healthy, or pathological is a separate biological or cultural rule not supplied by Hypergendered Logic itself. 125. Stage ceilings and developmental ceilings are different If an individual has a maximum Archwomanhood stage , then 𝑁 𝑠𝐹𝐴, 𝑡 ( ) ≤𝑁 in the Archwomanhood ordering. That says nothing automatically about the upper bound of her developmental maturity or about the number of biological changes possible while she remains . 𝑆𝐹 𝑁 Thus 𝐴𝑟𝑐ℎ𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑔𝑒 𝑐𝑒𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔≠𝑑𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑙𝑜𝑝𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝑐𝑒𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔. The same applies to Archmales. 126. A higher stage can be less mature than a lower stage in another person Because the axes are distinct, HGL does not rule out a configuration in which 𝑆𝐴 ( ) = 𝑆𝐹 10, 𝐷𝐴 ( ) = 𝑑𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑙𝑦, while 𝑆𝐿 ( ) = 𝑆𝐹 3, 𝐷𝐿 ( ) = 𝑑𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒.
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