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The Real War on Science
- mudil 10y agoPolitical science is a joke. Scientists who supposedely study this science are nothing more than left ideologues. Consider this. According to the latest 2010 census, 72% of African American kids are born to single mothers. How is it not a failure of political science that in the 21st century the political science cannot deliver results, via appropriate legislations, that will actually be beneficial to black minority? By the same reasoning, it's a failure of representation by Democrats, who represent blacks through and through.
- alphapapa 10y agoVery well-written article. The examples he gives of studies which supposedly show right-wing prejudice are amazing in how biased the studies themselves are! > For instance, one study explored ethical decision making by asking people whether they would formally support a female colleague’s complaint of sexual harassment. There was no way to know if the complaint was justified, but anyone who didn’t automatically side with the woman was put in the unethical category. Another study asked people whether they believed that “in the long run, hard work usually brings a better life”—and then classified a yes answer as a “rationalization of inequality.” Another study asked people if they agreed that “the Earth has plenty of natural resources if we just learn how to develop them”—a view held by many experts in resource economics, but the psychologists pathologized it as a “denial of environmental realities.” And, of course, this story gets downvoted on HN. Not big surprise. :/