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The people who collected that data from you and the people who weaponized it against you are probably not the same people, but it makes no difference if the for

The people who collected that data from you and the people who weaponized it against you are probably not the same people, but it makes no difference if the former permitted the latter. As for correcting misinformation, I'm sure you've heard that misinformation travels further and faster than the truth. By the time you figure out where their statistical errors were, the study has already been spread around the world by those that wish you harm. Furthermore, most of the people from whom the data is collected are not scientific researchers. They are members of the general public. How can a firefighter, real estate agent or aerospace engineer refute a jargon-heavy genetic research paper with subtle statistical errors? Go back to university first? You don't have the time or expertise to refute every bad paper written about you.

Vt71fcAqt7 4y ago
Your implicit claim that the only thing standing between two groups and genocide is scientific authority is wrong. The white-black iq gap has been public for decades. Those who build racist theories from this already exist. A few research papers will not create the explosion you are imagining.
- socialismisok 4y ago
  "A new research study says..." Would absolutely make headlines on racist networks. Sure, old studies say vile garbage, but a new study feels more authoritative. Humans have a temporal bias, and will absolutely look at things in the recent past more strongly.
  - Vt71fcAqt7 4y ago
    You're overestimating this point. Flase racist research papers come out all the time. There is a known "scientist" who shows up in google scholar all the time. Nobody pays attention to him because he has been debunked by multiple people multiple times. (Not by snopes but by the scientific community.) No major news site would publish his claims. Even if they did, it wouldn't measurably change anything, as there would be appropriate backlash. We see already preemptive inappropriate backlash — imagine how hard justified backlash will be..

Vt71fcAqt7 4y ago

Your implicit claim that the only thing standing between two groups and genocide is scientific authority is wrong. The white-black iq gap has been public for decades. Those who build racist theories from this already exist. A few research papers will not create the explosion you are imagining.

socialismisok 4y ago
"A new research study says..." Would absolutely make headlines on racist networks. Sure, old studies say vile garbage, but a new study feels more authoritative. Humans have a temporal bias, and will absolutely look at things in the recent past more strongly.
- Vt71fcAqt7 4y ago
  You're overestimating this point. Flase racist research papers come out all the time. There is a known "scientist" who shows up in google scholar all the time. Nobody pays attention to him because he has been debunked by multiple people multiple times. (Not by snopes but by the scientific community.) No major news site would publish his claims. Even if they did, it wouldn't measurably change anything, as there would be appropriate backlash. We see already preemptive inappropriate backlash — imagine how hard justified backlash will be..