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This study has been widely debunked as junk science

• taeric 3y ago
  To help others that may be looking, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rat_Park https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rat_Park is a good read on it. Calling it junk science is probably overly stated. Seems the largest confounding fact is that different strains of rats have different propensities to addictions. I can see why that would be a scary thing to look at in humans.
  • SV_BubbleTime 3y ago
    > I can see why that would be a scary thing to look at in humans. I don’t get it, are you say because of race? Wouldn’t that be more interesting to know that is the case that scared of looking into it?
    • taeric 3y ago
      Eugenics and ancillary fields are rather hazardous historically? I can't claim there isn't something there, but it mostly leads to racism.
      • SV_BubbleTime 3y ago
        And you don’t think it would be useful to know that a certain percentage or a certain group is more or less likely to be at risk from something? There is one thing about making decisions that are unfair. There is another thing to bury your head in the sand because someone might be offended.
        • taeric 3y ago
          Again, I can't say there isn't something there and to that. I can say that it almost always runs straight to racism. Such that I can understand the refrain from funding a lot of those investigations.