On correlation: start of this thread rightly deals with spurious correlations. I choose to take people case by case, issue by issue.
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Replying to @DBarriosONeill @EveForster and
You can do both. Anyway, I'm sure your libertarian and conservative friends are content with the invisible hand.
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Replying to @o_guest @DBarriosONeill and
Also the correlation with respect to political affiliation and elite signals is explained with explicit reference to theories, thus bringing
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Replying to @o_guest @DBarriosONeill and
in the postulation of causal mechanisms which can be tested scientifically.
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Replying to @o_guest @DBarriosONeill and
There's a huge difference between claiming biological differences drive gender/politics and social mechanisms drive gender /politics.
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Replying to @o_guest @EveForster and
You're correct. But the scatter is pretty considerable in both cases. i.e., to do both is to pre-judge.
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Replying to @DBarriosONeill @EveForster and
I never told you to use scientific findings to pre judge other humans.
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Replying to @o_guest @EveForster and
Sorry, that came across as your implication w/ "lib-cons correlates w/ questionable views"
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Replying to @DBarriosONeill @EveForster and
That's a population level correlation. Yes.
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Replying to @o_guest @EveForster and
Yes, but the convo was WRT whether viewpoint div in the workplace would be a good idea—no b/c correlations seemed to be the implication.
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I think I've said all I have to say on this. Sorry if it's not clear to you.
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