> Might an impolite question to ask > controlled for [...] protected classes I hope not. This fear of not fitting in with contemporary politics is toxic to sc

> Might an impolite question to ask > controlled for [...] protected classes I hope not. This fear of not fitting in with contemporary politics is toxic to science. Social science is already badly broken and is filled with it. If somebody can't be objective because of fear of being labelled a heretic for not deferring to the law to decide which factors must be controlled for, they have no business doing science on that topic. Are you aware that genetic information is a protected class in America, despite the fact that it influences IQ? Why would you arbitrarily control for that, but not for other factors that influence IQ such as maternal care? It's complicated to decide what to control for, but the law is absolutely not the place go to make that decision.