When often people who say they don't trust experts assert this as a kind of principle which exempts them from further work.
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I see this when trying to get to the bottom of what is & isn't known about gender & the brain. Motivated reasoning going on.
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Absolutely! And scientists also face enormous pressure to get 'good' results = more funding, career advancement.
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There's one study that feminists, particularly trans-exclusionary ones, always show to prove no gender diffs in brain.
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Biologist friend pointed me to responses to it showing where the problems were. I wouldn't know how to assess it.
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Familiar problem. How to judge these disputes when you're an outsider to the field. It's not easy!
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just gotta distrust ppl who have an agenda & are amassing evidence in support of it (which can include oneself)
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I'm always wary of trying to judge veracity of info by evaluating motivation for gathering info tho.
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Remember in Norwegian Gender Paradox, social scientist asked *why* ppl wanted to see if gender diffs existed.
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