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What our society is really suffering from is myside bias: People evaluate evidence, generate evidence, and test hypotheses in a manner biased toward their own prior beliefs, opinions, and attitudes.
The activists seeking to eliminate TJ’s meritocratic admissions systems attribute this latter result to systemic racism.
Many of these cultures surely had their share of Elon Musks—beings who wished to colonize other worlds.
We retain the belief that, in supposedly pluralistic societies, everyone is entitled to their own opinions. We urge other scientists not to follow the American example, and to resist the campaign to racialize science.
The narrative that has emerged from the conclusions of these limited studies could inadvertently cause some populations to avoid medical follow-up and form an inaccurate view of healthcare practices.
Thus, the ancient question of what separates humans from animals is the inverse of the more recent question of what separates humans from computers.
But what I’m describing here isn’t evidence-driven debate: It’s angry, ideologically driven luddite mysticism masquerading as hard-headed conservative skepticism.
It is not unreasonable to consider avoiding research that risks creating unmanageable divisions.
Anthropology taught me how to spot this instinct. Gender-critical feminists taught me how to stand up to it.
Technological knowledge, fueled by capital, has allowed us to do many things categorically unlike the achievements of other species as far as we know.
If we can overcome the taboos surrounding HCTs, they can become a game changer in combating the coronavirus and limiting its ruinous effects on countless lives.
The language of the social justice Left began appearing in diversity statements at even the most elite schools.
Physicians started to prepare families for the possibility of a delayed death.
For the rest of society to acquiesce to this lie is not only a betrayal of science, but of democracy.
To understand morality from an evolutionary point of view, one needs to realize that humans have always existed in groups.