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"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.
by 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 agoYou'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..