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> No, “replication failures” are not a mainstream concern. And they certainly weren’t some lurking concern within right wing circles for years before COVID. Th

> No, “replication failures” are not a mainstream concern. And they certainly weren’t some lurking concern within right wing circles for years before COVID. They talk about this all the time — and have for years before COVID. That’s part of the anti-university rhetoric. > As far as the opioid crisis, it’s also ahistorical to suggest this was some longtime mainstream concern among a neglected section of society This has been discussed for at least a decade, in how its feeding a cycle of destruction and poverty in rural America; and increasingly stridently as it became the #1 cause of death for those under forty (eg, Millennials and Zoomers). You’re also minimizing that 36% of “right wing” people blame drug companies and 76% blame illegal drug dealers (eg, cartels). > And given that this sort of sleight of hand is so common among a certain sect of society, Eg, you calling 55% an “overwhelming majority” but denying that 36% represents a mainstream concern? > Having actually grown up in one of these deep red parts of the country, the idea that right wingers were always blaming pharma companies is hilarious. I think your bias is showing in your replies — which seem focused on an older generation and the pains of your youth. Particularly when you use your experience to dismiss other people’s experience with the same demographic. Are you the only person to grow up in the South?

ethanbond 3y ago
To be clear I didn’t use the phrase “overwhelming majority” at all. Please share a source on the claim that red/rural America’s attitude toward universities is meaningfully influenced by the replication crisis. They don’t like universities because they’re responsible for brain drain (as evidenced in their economies and demographic outflows), and liberalization (as evidenced by the “anti-woke” narrative consuming a huge portion of national airtime). Please also share the same regarding the opioid epidemic and distrust of pharmaceutical companies. Hard to quantify “meaningful influence” but given that you’re jumping to this explanation as opposed to COVID, some indication they’re close to similar impacts would be reasonable. Otherwise of course it’d be a “generous” interpretation to say distrust is caused by opioids.
- ethanbond 3y ago
  Too late to edit: It’s hard to find data on public perception of the replication crisis but in Germany, fewer than 25% of the public had even heard of the crisis. I don’t see why that number should be dramatically higher in the US. It does no one any favors to steelman their arguments into things they don’t believe or don’t care about. If you solve the replication crisis but leave the extreme concentration of wealth and power into universities, you will not have solved any problem that red/rural America cares about.

ethanbond 3y ago

To be clear I didn’t use the phrase “overwhelming majority” at all. Please share a source on the claim that red/rural America’s attitude toward universities is meaningfully influenced by the replication crisis. They don’t like universities because they’re responsible for brain drain (as evidenced in their economies and demographic outflows), and liberalization (as evidenced by the “anti-woke” narrative consuming a huge portion of national airtime). Please also share the same regarding the opioid epidemic and distrust of pharmaceutical companies. Hard to quantify “meaningful influence” but given that you’re jumping to this explanation as opposed to COVID, some indication they’re close to similar impacts would be reasonable. Otherwise of course it’d be a “generous” interpretation to say distrust is caused by opioids.

ethanbond 3y ago
Too late to edit: It’s hard to find data on public perception of the replication crisis but in Germany, fewer than 25% of the public had even heard of the crisis. I don’t see why that number should be dramatically higher in the US. It does no one any favors to steelman their arguments into things they don’t believe or don’t care about. If you solve the replication crisis but leave the extreme concentration of wealth and power into universities, you will not have solved any problem that red/rural America cares about.