perhaps people who are very interested in racial IQ differences and devote their career to them have certain biases that affect their work?
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Replying to @mtsw @slatestarcodex and
Few of those surveyed have defended hereditarian views in publications. There's long been this weird public-private discrepancy in the field
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Replying to @pnin1957 @slatestarcodex and
again, people who choose to work in this particular field are not a random sample of scientists and intellectuals
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That's exactly what global warming denialists say about climatologists.Heck, could be applied to any field.
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Replying to @slatestarcodex @pnin1957 and
i dont really accept that equivalency but there are some commonalities between the debates that even a dummy like me can see
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This is why I'm so concerned. It seems like "trust scientific consensus, don't deny science" only applies when people like the results.
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Replying to @slatestarcodex @pnin1957 and
to me, and this is my dummy opinion but here goes, climate gets a pass because the mechanism behind the warming...
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Replying to @mtsw @slatestarcodex and
... (greenhouse effect caused by increased CO2 in atmosphere) is obviously correct which means the models dont really need to prove it
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Replying to @mtsw @slatestarcodex and
whereas the underlying mechanism by which black people are supposedly stupider doesnt have a good or coherent explanation
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What do you mean by "explanation"? Does the mechanism where Irish people have more red hair have a "good explanation"?
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If you're asking for the exact evolutionary pressures, various proposals including adaptation to > parasite load in tropics.
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Replying to @slatestarcodex @pnin1957 and
ive heard that one and confess to not knowing all the ins and outs of it but it seems like some post-hoc shit to me
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