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How many researches do you think have a bias (especially politically) in them and why?

>> No.11620567

>>11620540
If you ask about pseudoscience, they do not do other research than to look at what they pull out of their own asses and proceed to declare it the holy truth.

>> No.11620618
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>>11620540


100%

>> No.11620621

>>11620567
Other than pseudoscience. For example, I think having 1 research from levay here about gender identity being biologically dependent feels bullshit for me because his political motivation in "proving" such claims.

>> No.11620640

>>11620540
All of them because everybody does. That's why you should be dubious of institutions where the majority of people have the same politics

>> No.11620644

>>11620621
>feels bullshit for me because his political motivation in "proving" such claims.

>feels bullshit
>feels

>because his political motivation

biased

>> No.11620651

>>11620621
So then you should determine whether it is actually research, or just pulled out of someone's ass (usually the so-called scientist).

>> No.11620656

>>11620644
most people actually criticised him for his political motivations in which seems like there was bias put into the research. And also that literally the only two studies about INAH 3 and sexual orientation were done by left leaning scientists

>> No.11620675

>>11620656
>criticised him for his political motivations
>done by left leaning scientists
bias

I understand. But at the moment you argue with "this is biased because you are leftist/rightist" you are imho biased as well. Only arguments should count, fact not form, content not presentation etc.

>> No.11620681

>>11620540
I would think that in mathematics, if from my studies and intuition about a problem, I really think that I can find a particular conjectured answer to it, then I guess my research might be called biased in that direction. There would not be anything wrong with that. Either I might solve it in the direction that I envisaged. Or I fail, but my intuition about it improves by a mile.

>> No.11620720

>>11620675
>this is biased because you are leftist/rightist
that's reasonable though
If the Center for Creation Science comes out with a study criticizing the science behind carbon-dating, you could conclude that they're biased

>> No.11620737

>>11620618
this, the is no such thing as an unbiased, perfectly rational and empirical human being. such cognition only assists the limbic iff it chooses.

>> No.11621014

>>11620675
Believe it or not political bias is something very possible. Calling people out for bias will lead to either a restudy on a subject