Yeah sure but not everyone is Galileo. There is even a logical fallacy named after it. I’m with Carl Sagan in that ‘extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence’. In any case we probably both agree that you should have strong evidence if you want to make a strong claim.
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Replying to @C_Kavanagh @PsychRabble and
But as this relates to Noah Carl, his problematic research isn't even outlandish, it actually reinforces "common knowledge" more than anything.
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Replying to @FakeMeows @C_Kavanagh and
Please do enlighten us as to what this "common knowledge," specifically entails.
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Replying to @LennieVeee @C_Kavanagh and
If you asked a random European if higher %age of muslims = more crime, what do you think the answer would be?
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Replying to @FakeMeows @LennieVeee and
Was it even "more crime"? Or more "muslim crime" or something similar, rendering the association fairly trivial?
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Replying to @BlatantMacaroon @LennieVeee and
More arrests. And it was by muslim %age of country of origin. Looking at it, it seems like a level of rigor somewhere in between a highly technical academic's blog, and a paper at a decent journal, but I haven't analyzed it in depth.https://openpsych.net/paper/50
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Replying to @FakeMeows @LennieVeee and
OK so looks like I stand corrected. Might have to take a look at the article.
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Replying to @BlatantMacaroon @FakeMeows and
Patrick Retweeted Chris Kavanagh
FWIW here's what I was talking abouthttps://twitter.com/C_Kavanagh/status/1124397513555845120 …
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Chris Kavanagh @C_KavanaghReplying to @C_Kavanagh @PsychRabble and 8 others... on a paper that is examining whether more Muslims in Western countries = more Islamic terrorism? Ok let’s ignore that. Would a normal academic immediately suggest the distrust from isolated Ecuadorian communities of foreign researchers was likely due to inbreeding?...1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @BlatantMacaroon @FakeMeows and
That’s a different paper. I’d recommend before drawing any firm conclusions to read and review (critically) at least some of Carl’s papers/blogs. I feel like there are people on both sides of the issue, who aren’t doing that but are spending hours arguing over them.
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Replying to @C_Kavanagh @BlatantMacaroon and
There are multiple "problematic" papers, but the thesis I've seen most often cited as controversial is the association between national IQ/home country Muslim %age with crime. It hits the twin buttons of Islamophobia and scientific racism in one paper.
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But those are not Noah Carl's papers, those are mine.
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Replying to @KirkegaardEmil @C_Kavanagh and
Hah, My bad, I kept seeing references to that one. So you're one of the authors and he reviewed it? Either way, it's associated with him since he reviewed it and lists it on his page.
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Replying to @FakeMeows @KirkegaardEmil and
The whole thing is tied up in guilt by association. He published and supported openpsych and openpsych published papers referencing "National IQ" and crime. A lot of people immediately categorize that as scientific racism
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