The situation is unfortunate, and the guy doesn't seem like the brightest, but he is asking research questions that need to be asked. Unfortunately, people wil

The situation is unfortunate, and the guy doesn't seem like the brightest, but he is asking research questions that need to be asked. Unfortunately, people will take this as another example of how "racists are stupid," but they dont realize that the only people who are willing to touch what communities like HN have made taboo are those with nothing to lose, or those who have already been "outed" as the racists they'll be accused of being. Research into gender and racial differences does not need to be as sloppy as this Kierkegaard guy, and I can't deny that he unfortunately has an agenda, and that he's created a breeding ground for confirmation bias and cherry picking. Point is, though, taboo is antithetical to science. And when we dont treat it as such, and cordon off certain topics as "not socially acceptable questions," then we end up with shit like Kierkegaard.