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Because civil rights groups don't like him, it doesn't invalidate his work.

• mikeash 12y ago
  Conversely, just because something is published as a scientific paper doesn't mean it's worth the paper it's printed on.
  • bogodynamics 12y ago
    That's true, but it's properly an argument against all peer-reviewed scientific works. I would like to see more awareness of the increased skepticism that attaches to scientific work whose conclusions we find morally repugnant.
    • mikeash 12y ago
      I don't see that this conclusion is particularly repugnant. However, the author has a strong bias in the form of related opinions that are both morally repugnant and highly irrational, and that casts strong doubts on his objectivity here. While it's good to point out that this also does not invalidate the conclusions, it's a rather different thing from what you've said.