> As a man of science, he insists his views are influenced only by data...
> Rejecting the feminist notion of patriarchy as a conspiracy theory...
> “Oh, I don’t know,” he says. “I wouldn’t say that. In America there’s a third movement, the libertarians, who are trying to reduce government involvement and promote freedom. To me, they make a lot of sense.”
> Political correctness upsets Roy Baumeister. He rages against what he sees as a left-wing bias in social psychology that means that white prejudice against the black community is studied frequently, while inter-minority racism is comparatively ignored. Papers that show greed might be in any way good are rejected. “If you have a finding that says the conservative viewpoint did better, nobody wants to publish it,” he says. Papers that show greed might be in any way good are rejected.
It's funny how so many of the people who style themselves as "objective" and "ideology-free" all fall into the same ideological traps, straw-manning their opposition and believing what is most convenient for their own in-group.
How can anyone claim with a straight face that America is a nation were inter-racial violence is understood in terms of its historical roots too much, and go on to state that the idea that "greed is good" is demonized?
> How can anyone claim with a straight face that America is a nation were inter-racial violence is understood in terms of its historical roots too much, and go on to state that the idea that "greed is good" is demonized?
He's not talking about "America", he's talking about "social psychology", or to be more precise, the predominant academic culture in that field.
> How can anyone claim with a straight face that America is a nation were inter-racial violence is understood in terms of its historical roots too much...
> Rejecting the feminist notion of patriarchy as a conspiracy theory...
> “Oh, I don’t know,” he says. “I wouldn’t say that. In America there’s a third movement, the libertarians, who are trying to reduce government involvement and promote freedom. To me, they make a lot of sense.”
> Political correctness upsets Roy Baumeister. He rages against what he sees as a left-wing bias in social psychology that means that white prejudice against the black community is studied frequently, while inter-minority racism is comparatively ignored. Papers that show greed might be in any way good are rejected. “If you have a finding that says the conservative viewpoint did better, nobody wants to publish it,” he says. Papers that show greed might be in any way good are rejected.
It's funny how so many of the people who style themselves as "objective" and "ideology-free" all fall into the same ideological traps, straw-manning their opposition and believing what is most convenient for their own in-group.
How can anyone claim with a straight face that America is a nation were inter-racial violence is understood in terms of its historical roots too much, and go on to state that the idea that "greed is good" is demonized?