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There should be a term for social science clickbait, which is a lot of what these social science 'studies' seem to turn into.
by mancerayder 3y ago
There should be a term for social science clickbait, which is a lot of what these social science 'studies' seem to turn into.
- donw 3y agoGiven the replication crisis, it's safe to assume pretty much everything from the social sciences at this point in time is outright false, if not deliberate propaganda -- because if you're funded by the Muppets Are Better At Everything Foundation, you sure aren't going to publish a paper titled "Actually, Muppets Are Just Puppets With Extra Proctology".
- m463 3y agoRich landowning cattle ranchers generate more greenhouse gas emissions than vegan college graduates that recycle.
- s1artibartfast 3y agoIt all comes down to attribution of emissions to producers vs consumers, and has been debated adnauseum. Is the rancher emitting or the hamburger consumer. Is the plane passenger emitting, or a shareholder. Ect
- kryogen1c 3y ago> rich > cattle ranchers The fact that you think these two things go together really highlights how blinded by ideology you are.
- m463 3y agoi should have added /s apologies if you are joking too
- seneca 3y agoIt's called "lysenkoism". > In time, the term has come to be identified as any deliberate distortion of scientific facts or theories for purposes that are deemed politically or socially desirable.