I know some female scientists who wouldn't want to hear anything about attributing differences to IQ or genes and become very emotional if the topic is ever mentioned. "I don't want to think of my friends from X as N".
I know some female scientists who wouldn't want to hear anything about attributing differences to IQ or genes and become very emotional if the topic is ever mentioned. "I don't want to think of my friends from X as N".
This would be funny, a comment that exhibits precisely why the argument it 'refutes' is true. If it wasn't sexist and demeaning as well.
Science doesn't have to care for the emotions of specific groups. Then we're doomed.
And yes, neurotypical women are close to identical at the meta level I'm talking about. Same for men.
What's your opinion on the idea of scientific ethics?
Neither harm to the subjects of the research nor the ones conducting it is occurring, so it's unclear how scientific ethics comes into play.
Are you genuinely attempting to suggests that there some truths about the universe which are so inimical to the human spirit that we dare not reveal them? If so, the quote which springs immediately to mind is PKD's "Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away."