tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2770580070906411828.post6101012810583859201..comments2024-03-22T05:55:48.117-04:00Comments on The Pervocracy: Science says!Cliff Pervocracyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02080142422250604406noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2770580070906411828.post-1806409268981426952010-05-14T19:58:13.539-04:002010-05-14T19:58:13.539-04:00It's not limited to gender studies, alas.
I w...It's not limited to gender studies, alas.<br /><br />I worked in a lab trying to understand the genetics of insulin-dependent diabetes. (The one that can't be considered a "lifestyle disease," so it's pretty apolitical as medical topics go.)<br /><br />One day we heard on the radio that insulin-dependent diabetes had been solved by a group at Stanford. We were, to put it mildly, surprised. Why hadn't we heard?<br /><br />Then we saw the paper. It didn't solve IDDM. It hardly even scratched the surface. But oh boy, it was linked to a *patent application*, so sexy! And you could squint at it and say, maybe this is going to be the solution. (Though as it turns out, it wasn't.)<br /><br />Science reporting occasionally rises to competence but most of it is frightfully bad. I can't read _Psychology Today_, I just want to throw things. Hard pointy things. At the authors and editors.Mary Kayenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2770580070906411828.post-75350336184233881742010-05-14T13:42:18.237-04:002010-05-14T13:42:18.237-04:00Language Log on women talking.
For, you know, ACT...<a href="http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/003607.html" rel="nofollow">Language Log on women talking</a>.<br /><br />For, you know, ACTUAL SOME NEARLY SCIENCE.Dw3t-Hthrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11584245136407694660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2770580070906411828.post-37267437257609517642010-05-11T20:16:34.419-04:002010-05-11T20:16:34.419-04:00artsynomad--
Well, yeah, but that's just beca...artsynomad--<br /><br />Well, yeah, but that's just because women are more <i>cautious</i> drivers, not because we're <i>better</i> ones. It's 'cause we're to cowardly to drag race down busy streets at 80 mph.<br /><br />...or, you know, too smart.<br /><br />Evolutionary psychology as practiced by amateur scientists makes me want to beat my head against a wall.aebhelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2770580070906411828.post-58257368332836316552010-05-11T18:08:20.032-04:002010-05-11T18:08:20.032-04:00Thank you! I had a pretty similar reaction. Also, ...Thank you! I had a pretty similar reaction. Also, regarding female drivers - a lot of companies give women a small car insurance discount because they statistically get in fewer accidents than men. Sooo... Cracked is wrong or insurance companies are and I'm willing to bet insurance companies do more research considering their profits are on the line.artsynomadnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2770580070906411828.post-35434558531009580652010-05-11T12:28:54.014-04:002010-05-11T12:28:54.014-04:00Every time I read something like "science say...Every time I read something like "science says," I can't help but hear it in the voice of Magnus Pyke from that Thomas Dolby video.<br /><br />SCIENCE!jfpbookwormhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09845037337646489772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2770580070906411828.post-21836063441213301872010-05-11T10:15:55.047-04:002010-05-11T10:15:55.047-04:00A big part of science misapplication may simply be...A big part of science misapplication may simply be that so many people underappreciate the amount of time it takes for the really solid conclusions to shake out from all the chaff. The scientific method is the best tool we have for investigating the world, but it can take a generation or more to get a really confident understanding of the core principles of a contentious field of research. But many people want to start drawing conclusions (or worse, setting legal policies) "based on the science" while the debate's still in relative infancy. <br /><br />Drawing broad conclusions from individual studies may just be an extreme form of the same principle.elmo iscariothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14710846725911318970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2770580070906411828.post-19185456842572511962010-05-11T04:21:13.295-04:002010-05-11T04:21:13.295-04:00Ev Psych Bingo
"Women like pink things, poss...<a href="http://boingboing.net/2010/04/07/evolutionary-psychol-1.html" rel="nofollow">Ev Psych Bingo</a><br /><br />"Women like pink things, possibly because of berries in a forest."belledame222https://www.blogger.com/profile/13947289856453172848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2770580070906411828.post-35954961512074755582010-05-10T20:37:11.831-04:002010-05-10T20:37:11.831-04:00If your logic doesn't work forwards... you'...<i>If your logic doesn't work forwards... you're a sexist idiot and you also eat poop.<br /></i><br />Yep. This is exactly why "evolutionary psychology" as currently practiced is a complete load of total horseshit. (BTW, found your blog via belledame of Fetch Me My Axe.)Comrade PhysioProfhttp://physioprof.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2770580070906411828.post-7186134890614782632010-05-10T19:37:59.472-04:002010-05-10T19:37:59.472-04:00Yay!Yay!Evehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17055554674087590194noreply@blogger.com