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This observation sounds like a case of confirmation bias to me. Check out this thread for multiple examples of how this "not-so politically correct claim" "make
by homogeneous 10y ago
This observation sounds like a case of confirmation bias to me. Check out this thread for multiple examples of how this "not-so politically correct claim" "makes sense" (among other thoughtful anecdotes along the trajectory of the article's headline)
- dsfyu404ed 10y agobut look at the ratio, way more disagreement that something like a "we need better infrastructure" article. When the topic is politically correct people agree and argue about the edge cases. When it's not politically correct people do mental gymnastics or pile up anecdotes to discredit it.
- homogeneous 10y agoAre we looking at the same thread? There are clearly many more comments in here expressing anecdotal confirmation of the study's findings than those suggesting the study's methods preclude it from consideration.
- jshevek 10y agoBy time stamps, I think the first wave of comments had one tone, and the next wave of comments took the opposite tone.
- arprocter 10y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtue_signalling https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtue_signalling
- geofft 10y agoDoes virtue signalling actually exist? I haven't seen any peer-reviewed papers about it.