[donmeaker]

I would suggest that ordinal numbers are not necessarily continuous, though I confess, my examples were all near continuous (mass is in some contexts, a quantum effect)

Throw in the Cooper-Harper scale and Spearman ranks and We can do some analysis.

oh yes, and the fractional derivitives and fractional integrations.....LOL

[Lucky Dog]

As a degreed engineer with two professional engineering certifications, currently earning a living as a professional statistician, I will not object to any correctly applied, valid, mathematical analysis for which the following conditions are met:

1. The underlying data is accurate and precise (in the metrology sense) or…

2. In the case of statistical inferences, for which the data is previously agreed upon (between us) as valid (in the mathematical sense) for the dimension under examination and repeatable

3. Any conclusions/statistical inferences posited from statistical techniques such as regression, logistic regression, ANOVA, ANOM, etc., be to an identified, and previously agreed upon (between us), confidence level/interval appropriate for the data under examination.

I assume that you would be amenable the same conditions.

However, you still have not addressed the subjects of definitions you would propose for the debate topic: “homosexuality serves no purpose” to make it other than “meaningless” in your estimate nor any additional phrases you thought should be added to narrow the topic sufficiently for “meaningful” debate.