Would "white-person" be more accurate here? Do the authors intend to suggest that gender contributes to the effect they claim? [edit: removed silly question]
There has to be some term for this... The making of unneeded comments on an article that have nothing to do with the study; PC Pedantry perhaps.
At least one of the authors is a woman.
Then we could have a "sort by interesting (relevant)" and "sort by interesting (diverging)".
(lol this is hn, you get no sorting or filtering or on-site messaging)
And that 'fizzle' used to mean 'fart quietly'? http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=fizzle
And that 'wench' used to mean 'child'? http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=wench
And that 'meat' used to mean 'food'? http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=meat
Etymology is fascinating (a word which itself may be related to the Latin 'fascinum', or penis).
Take up the White Man's burden, Send forth the best ye breed
Go bind your sons to exile, to serve your captives' need;
To wait in heavy harness, On fluttered folk and wild—
Your new-caught, sullen peoples, Half-devil and half-child.