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Bien-pensants will tell us "Who are you going to believe, me or your lying eyes?" But it's impossible to deny forever what the lying eyes say. Example: From a
by TMWNN 2y ago
Bien-pensants will tell us "Who are you going to believe, me or your lying eyes?" But it's impossible to deny forever what the lying eyes say.
Example: From a 2018 open letter by an eminent geneticist, "How Genetics Is Changing Our Understanding of 'Race" <https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/23/opinion/sunday/genetics-race.html https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/23/opinion/sunday/genetics-r...>:
>I am worried that well-meaning people who deny the possibility of substantial biological differences among human populations are digging themselves into an indefensible position, one that will not survive the onslaught of science. I am also worried that whatever discoveries are made — and we truly have no idea yet what they will be — will be cited as “scientific proof” that racist prejudices and agendas have been correct all along, and that those well-meaning people will not understand the science well enough to push back against these claims.