I think it's fair to demand a certain amount of rigor; we're calling it science, after all. This blog includes demands that venture into the realm of fantasy, h

I think it's fair to demand a certain amount of rigor; we're calling it science, after all. This blog includes demands that venture into the realm of fantasy, however, such as "Establish that an insult/slight is motivated by racism." It's hard enough to establish that a murder is motivated by racism. Let's establish that it happens for certain races and not others, that's empirical enough, and work from there.