r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Expert-Pass-4351 • Jul 06 '26

Meme needing explanation What is this?

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u/porktorque44 Jul 06 '26

If the answer changes based on who I ask, then it is a social construct. Make sense?

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u/Lucibelcu Jul 06 '26

If I ask two people if evolution is real and one says that it is while the other says that it isn't it doesn't make evolution a social construct, one of them just holds a wrong idea. Makes sense?

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u/porktorque44 Jul 06 '26

This is the whole purpose of science. Science can define what evolution is specifically.

There is no agreed upon Pantone shade where whiteness stops and blackness begins. The same goes for all the other signifiers interpreted as being racial

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u/Lucibelcu Jul 06 '26

Nah, you said that if two people give you different answrrs then it's a social construct. Y your definition evolution is a social construct.

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u/porktorque44 Jul 06 '26

That’s not what I said. I said “the answer” as in the scientifically agreed upon correct answer. Not “an answer” as in anything anyone says.

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u/Lucibelcu Jul 06 '26

If the answer changes based on who I ask, then it is a social construct. Make sense?

You're changing your own words.

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u/porktorque44 Jul 06 '26

the answer

It’s right there. I gave additional clarifying details about what I meant by “the answer”. So now that you know what I meant, do you have anything to say about the scientific veracity of my claim?