as far as interesting sex researchers go, i think im at a disadvantage cause i dont have very strong opinions on theories behind what im researching. I find some correlations and im like cool, shrug, seems like we updated a nudge in one direction, but i don't know yet
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sex stuff is super confusing and multifaceted, and there's a ton of ways to piece together stories about each finding, and it's just waaay too blurry to make any good claims. im so sus of anyone who has confident guesses about how it all works
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I think the subversion of the identity of the researcher is as much ur thesis as anything else , the subject is now the brain, i think it’s quite fascinating
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i like that framing yea. it feels right that a lot of what i wanna write about in the research is the like... emotional/identity experience of doin the research. like how incentives affect it
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are there any other researchers whose work has been particularly insightful or relevant for you?
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this seems like a unique advantage for a sex researcher? being too heavily opinionated about causes can bias research in shoddy directions
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I think this is what puts you at an advantage. Having this sterility of assumption going in leads to better data without contamination. Let the storytellers backfit data, you can just let it speak for itself.
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Have you read "A Billion Wicked Thoughts" by Ogas and Gaddam? It's a big data approach to sex research, it seems right up you alley.
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It's also a really interesting positive. Your lack of theory-dog-in-the-fight and impressive knowledge let you ask a ton of tough questions that would either not occur to others or be too taboo to ask.
Others would call you brave/daring, but it's really more "you just ask stuff"
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