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That some people will use scientific knowledge for bad ends is not a reason to avoid knowledge. > Basically, the point of feminists is that society is so fraug
by TulliusCicero 8y ago
That some people will use scientific knowledge for bad ends is not a reason to avoid knowledge.
> Basically, the point of feminists is that society is so fraught on this issue, and there's so much latent bias, that it is extremely difficult to perform research objectively
What does this even mean? Do you think the subject of this article is just unavoidably biased and thus should stop researching? Should people in very obviously left- or right-leaning fields just pack up and quit doing anything? Bye-bye gender studies, I guess?
> let alone have it be received objectively and proportionately by an audience outside the field.
So because some people will twist research for their own ends, we're just what, better off not knowing?
- lukev 8y agoI don't have a good answer here. I was mostly trying to clarify the positions involved. I would say at a minimum we need to proceed carefully, fully understanding the implications and the way results are going to be co-opted.
- alexandercrohde 8y agoYeah, but meh. I think it's outright laughable that a "sex difference in the hippocampal synapse" is going to lead to undermine the basic civil rights we've established. And if you're so afraid of silly talking-heads alleging something that you hold your science back by decades then I think you're actually giving more power to those talking heads. Finally, denying the objectively true as opposed to saying "Sex differences exist but we don't like to talk about them" makes you the dishonest side and pushes people like me to the other side.