"Correlation isn't causation!" is another great one. It is technically true, but it is used to dismiss the fact that correlation is evidence of where you start looking for causation. They just want the correlation to be dismissed, not falsified.
Excellent point. Correlation is not causation can be used 2 ways:
1. Interesting observation you have there, let's look into it to see if there's a true connection.
2. I don't like the possibility of a connection between those, so you're wrong and shut up.
It's used the second way all too often. Meanwhile the same people will uncritically peddle correlations about, say, fewer women in STEM fields or more minorities pulled over for speeding, and without any analysis whatsoever, demand that this is causative evidence of discrimination.
Well disparity is ALWAYS due to some kind of oppression with them because they start with the most ridiculous premise of all: that we are all the same clump of potential.
Therefore, bad actors are therefore at the bottom of those disparities.
No sane person who has seen any of the "oppressed" groups in the wild actually believes this though.
Thank you! This is a great article that complements a soon-to-be-published one about reinventing science!
This is the reason behind the waponization of science:
https://scientificprogress.substack.com/p/depopulation-or-extermination
They are experts at sophistry and not much else.
"Correlation isn't causation!" is another great one. It is technically true, but it is used to dismiss the fact that correlation is evidence of where you start looking for causation. They just want the correlation to be dismissed, not falsified.
Excellent point. Correlation is not causation can be used 2 ways:
1. Interesting observation you have there, let's look into it to see if there's a true connection.
2. I don't like the possibility of a connection between those, so you're wrong and shut up.
It's used the second way all too often. Meanwhile the same people will uncritically peddle correlations about, say, fewer women in STEM fields or more minorities pulled over for speeding, and without any analysis whatsoever, demand that this is causative evidence of discrimination.
Well disparity is ALWAYS due to some kind of oppression with them because they start with the most ridiculous premise of all: that we are all the same clump of potential.
Therefore, bad actors are therefore at the bottom of those disparities.
No sane person who has seen any of the "oppressed" groups in the wild actually believes this though.