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> Racial profiling is a form of prejudice and racism but fits your accepted logic that it's fine to, for example, infer this black guy is more likely to be a cr
by asdfasgasdgasdg 8y ago
> Racial profiling is a form of prejudice and racism but fits your accepted logic that it's fine to, for example, infer this black guy is more likely to be a criminal because of the color of his skin because statistics support that.
We don't do that not because it's irrational [1], but because of the ethical viewpoint that everyone should get a fair shake, regardless of the statistical background of their racial group (or other protected class). Having heterodox scientific views based on anecdata is not a protected class.
[1]: Although it is also irrational, or at least less rational than it appears on the surface. Here is not the place to get into why.
- DoreenMichele 8y agoI'm not claiming to be a protected class. I'm merely frustrated at the preponderance of people on the internet who are unqualified to rebut what I'm saying because they don't have sufficient knowledge of the topic, yet are trigger happy about concluding that I'm both wrong and mentally unstable. My only desire is to be able to engage in meaningful discussion on the topic. Dismissing me as a nutcase when you aren't qualified to engage any of my points is malicious behavior that makes it harder for me to get other people to engage me. I'm not asking anyone to have faith and believe in me like I'm the next Joan of Arc. I just want to be able to talk about the science behind my health situation in spite of the tremendous social faux pas I have committed of getting healthier instead of politely dropping dead like the world expected me to.
- asdfasgasdgasdg 8y ago> preponderance of people on the internet who are unqualified to rebut what I'm saying Let's make a deal. You don't say things you're unqualified to say (by this I mean anything that implies that your anecdotal experience has significant weight for persons other than yourself where it is in conflict with actual scientific studies and understanding of an important medical subject), and I won't give unqualified rebuttals to them. > My only desire is to be able to engage in meaningful discussion on the topic. IMO, this is not the place for meaningful discussion about your heterodox scientific theories. I believe those types of theories are best discussed with experts on the subject, which we are not. I believe it is actively harmful for you to be putting them forward in a place where nonexperts might engage with them and themselves come away with incorrect views. That is why I am replying to your comments in this way. This is a point of disagreement and conflict between you and me. I'm sorry that this conflict makes you feel bad, but I'm not sorry for my views themselves. Of course, I'm not the boss here. You can (and do) write whatever you want. I'm just sharing my views on the appropriateness and correctness of what you've posted.
- squirrelicus 8y agoYou appear to be missing the nuance of class knowledge vs individual knowledge. You might discover that 99.9% of Ashkenazi Jews have Eidetic Memory. When you come across one on the street, that knowledge about the group tells you precisely zero things about that individual.
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- DanBC 8y ago> I'm merely frustrated at the preponderance of people on the internet who are unqualified But you ignore anyone who tries, whether they're qualified or not.