Riker and Deanna Troi were supposed to be "imzadi" soul mates, right?

[Michael]

That is, however, incorrect. According to this paper the true prevalence is around 0.018%.

Well, I did call it an estimate. Because from what I understand it depends on how you define “intersex”. The source you are citing excludes a number of conditions that the earlier estimation did include. So your assertion that the 1.7% figure is “incorrect” is not factual as it apparently depends on the definitions and is a subject of debate among professionals. The 1.7% figure is often cited in biological and advocacy literature when many intersex variations are included. The truth is that we just don’t really know, because in most countries it is not required to track intersex births. However, my point was that it’s not really weird or strange. Even with the lower estimate of 0.018% we’re still talking about 1.5 million people here. This is comparable to how common identical twins (about 0.3 to 0.5%), albinism (about 0.01 to 0.05%) or dwarfism (about 0.02 to 0.04%) are; and we wouldn’t really call these “weird” or “strange”, but just part of the human species.

 

[Uncle Sock]

That is, however, incorrect. According to this paper the true prevalence is around 0.018%.

This paper was originally published in 2002. Nowadays, many experts and organizations work with broader concepts and larger ranges, and there is no single consensus value.

And while the 0.018% remains a plausible lower‑bound estimate for the rare subset he defined (clear chromosomal–phenotypic discordance or unclassifiable phenotype), contemporary discussions still cite that figure as a reasonable order‑of‑magnitude for that very narrow category, while emphasizing that it leaves out many people whom others would count as having intersex traits.
Source: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10265381/

So, that number is far from being incorrect.

Here's a more elaborate summary of sources and findings:

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[Yistaan]

Picard: Honestly, ever since I first met your mother, I've been skeptical of all this Betazoid mumbo jumbo about imzadi and the like.

Troi: You wouldn't be if you had been there when that Orion woman was trying to have her way with Will and it was only my psychic connection to him that made him immune to her pheromones.

Riker: Seriously, you're going to tell him about THAT???

Picard:

 

[Ragitsu]

Does anyone else love the phonetics of the word? Im-ZAH-di. It is a union of both exoticism and romance.

 

[Set Harth]

This paper was originally published in 2002.

2002 isn't 1002.

 

[Uncle Sock]

2002 isn't 1002.

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[Set Harth]

Now that was a year!

 

[Ragitsu]

Imzaaaadi.

 

[Nerys Myk]

Even for a made up word it sounds made up.

 

[Mojochi]

Sounds like someone with a cheesy parody Jamaican accent saying "him's a hottie" like they're Jar Jar Binks

 

[Oddish]

How wude.

 

[Ragitsu]

Betazoid jazz is my favorite (sub-)genre of music; it is smooth listening, through and through.

 

[matthunter]

That doesn't mean they didn't go through a poly phase in their lives. I can think of several people I personally know who have done exactly this.

I could totally buy from PIC S3 that they would both have been totally happy to invite Worf into a poly relationship but Worf is still too uptight to consider it.

 

[CoveTom]

I could totally buy from PIC S3 that they would both have been totally happy to invite Worf into a poly relationship but Worf is still too uptight to consider it.

I mean, Worf did offer to make it a threesome...

 

[Peach Wookiee]

Misogyny can turn up anywhere. "Profit And Lace", an episode that was supposed to herald female equality on Ferenginar, was actually crazy misogynistic.

I thought it played like “Mrs. Doubtfire” and a Bugs Bunny short that became a bizarre fever dream.