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I skimmed through the comments and was surprised to not see anything about Project Implicit being done at Harvard. This is a research project that is being done
by jpadvo 15y ago
I skimmed through the comments and was surprised to not see anything about Project Implicit being done at Harvard. This is a research project that is being done using actual, real science. We don't need to armchair speculate about this stuff; we have science for a reason.
The researchers have found that our minds make subconscious judgements of people base on their appearance. No shock here, of course. It turns out that they can measure the effects of this with simple experiments, and can thus measure how a person subconsciously response to images of people from all different races. It is absolutely fascinating, rigorously scientific work, and if you are at all interested in race you should read about it:
https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/research/ https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/research/
Here is a mainstream article about the project:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A27067-2005Jan21.html http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A27067-2005Jan...
- pjin 15y agoIf you're going to raise science on a pedestal, you should write a comment other than "Oh it's science, we should trust whatever those scientists are doing." (C.f. the Milgram experiment.) We don't need to mindlessly praise research; we have peer review for a reason. This seems to be the original Implicit Association Test or IAT paper (from 1998). It's quite accessible and should provide a better justification for why this research is rigorous and novel. http://faculty.fortlewis.edu/burke_b/Senior/BLINK%20replication/IAT.pdf http://faculty.fortlewis.edu/burke_b/Senior/BLINK%20replicat...
- jackpirate 15y agoC.f. the Milgram experiment. Are you suggesting Milgram's experiments are somehow unsound?
- pjin 15y agoNo. Milgram did his experiment to show how the impression of authority, which in his case was scientific authority, could lead to unsound decisions like applying an electric shock to a stranger. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milgram_experiment http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milgram_experiment