Originally Posted by Shilow
When you speak of (strong hands vs weak hands) this is a poor example but since that is what we have lets look at it. The anatomical parts do not compare well, but I used the example as an appendage that cannot be grown in size i.e. your finger length stays static and the boney structures cannot be altered easily. I agree that muscles and tissue mass of the hands can be affected by manual labor, one that works all day at the pottery wheel will have added mass due to the rigors of the work but no increase in length as it relates to boney structures. It is muscle mass that has increased; minus muscle mass you have nothing.There are exceptions to every rule, when I make a statement which is fact as I see it, there maybe exceptions. I do not know why every statement I make becomes invalidated by one or two exceptions, yes, there are going to be a percentage of any population that can “travel a different course.” Thermoregulatory factors and neural activities will have variations between individuals and nobody can precisely predict these behaviors. My statements (opinions) will apply to the vast majority, I know this will not be acceptable to some but that is the best I can do.
Years ago when I started this exercise I felt the same way, it is over time and experience that I have gained insight. This is a common sense activity and some people are just not coming to a common sense conclusion.
Shilow, I’m not trying to pick on you. I’m only responding to the matter-of-fact assertions that you have made, and which you have made with no small amount of certainty. In my opinion, it is dangerous to presume much certainty with things empirical, as future experience has the notorious tendency to show these statements to be wrong. This is often referred to as the “history of science induction.” What it shows is that we human beings are very much still figuring things out; certainty is a very distant goal, at best. This is in particular the case when it comes to questions of penis enlargement, which, in my opinion, does not even deserve the title of “pseudo-science.” We are very much stumbling in the dark here; some are making great progress, others are finding it harder to get there. But we are all trying. Perhaps your flaccid length and girth have not changed much, except when just jelqed, or whatever. But others here claim otherwise, including myself. Once again, beware of claims of certainty; let’s just keep an eye on actual date, both past, present, and future.
This is also the reason why even just one exception to a statement like yours matters a lot. Contrary to what you suggest, there can be no exceptions to rules in science, if by that we mean “laws of nature.” Something doesn’t count as a law of nature if it admits of any exception. There are exceptions to man’s rules, yes, but not to nature’s!
Similarly, there is no such thing as a “fact as I see it.” How I see or understand things is mere opinion, which must be sharply distinguished from fact. A fact is a fact, regardless of how I or you or anyone else sees it. What one might want to say is, “This is what I understand the facts to be.” But that is a very different matter from claiming that something is fact.
This slide from certainty to something less than certainty is conveniently revealed in your above post. Consider where you speak of “an appendage that cannot be grown in size i.e. your finger length …” “Cannot” simply means cannot—i.e., it cannot be done, without exception! But then you go on to say in the same statement, “your finger length stays static and the boney structures cannot be altered easily.” That “cannot be altered easily” makes a world of difference. So now we have something that cannot be done and something that can be done, only with difficulty. You repeat the same at the bottom of your post: There is going to be a percentage of the population who, it now seems, can increase their flaccid size. However, the majority cannot.
I never said that it would be easy for a man to increase his flaccide size, though, according to some of the testamonies here, it has been fairly easy for some. However, it is possible. We know this if only because many here have reported such an increase (but not everyone!). I don’t feel that we should conclude on what percentage will be able to achieve this (unless you have access to some pretty sophisticated scientific studies on the subject). So let’s leave it an open possibility for all, and then wait to hear what each person’s experience is.