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So, I had a look at this. PinkNews, needless to say, wildly misrepresents the study.
There are two areas where GUESSES people make correlate with their biases.
The guesses are ENTIRELY PREDICTABLE just from the political bias which is known.
The study does not, as it should have, distinguish between correct guesses and knowledge.
The guesses are ENTIRELY PREDICTABLE just from the political bias which is known.
The study does not, as it should have, distinguish between correct guesses and knowledge.
Here, just straight up.
Take a guess between:
White people make more money on average than black people
Whites and blacks make about the same
Black people make more money than white people
Take a guess between:
White people make more money on average than black people
Whites and blacks make about the same
Black people make more money than white people
That’s basically what they asked.
BLM supporters were more likely to guess that white people make more money on average than black people, which is correct.
Is that indicative of KNOWLEDGE?
I don’t see how.
BLM supporters were more likely to guess that white people make more money on average than black people, which is correct.
Is that indicative of KNOWLEDGE?
I don’t see how.
The study simply treats is as such, which is a serious methodological flaw.
The study uses the phrase “correctly identify” the proper answer.
But they don’t know that a correct guess was not just a guess, and a politically biased one at that.
But they don’t know that a correct guess was not just a guess, and a politically biased one at that.
In other words, by ONLY ASKING QUESTIONS where the correct answer is skewed in one political direction, they are able to show that those of a certain political bias guess correctly more often.
No shit.
They should have asked about this:
No shit.
They should have asked about this:
21% of left-liberals think that 10,000 OR MORE unarmed black men are shot in a year in the US, as opposed to 10, which is correct. Only 3% of right-conservatives think that.
Oh, look, I just proved that leftists have a WARPED SENSE OF REALITY. Or rather, SCIENCE PROVED IT!
Oh, look, I just proved that leftists have a WARPED SENSE OF REALITY. Or rather, SCIENCE PROVED IT!
So, anyway, the study doesn’t prove or show ANYTHING LIKE WHAT PINKNEWS SAYS IT DOES.
Nor does the study claim to do so.
And even the two line items PinkNews cherry picked are obviously flawed as far as reaching the conclusion they want to draw.
All that is shown is that some political biases will tend to line up more with reality than others.
And even the two line items PinkNews cherry picked are obviously flawed as far as reaching the conclusion they want to draw.
All that is shown is that some political biases will tend to line up more with reality than others.
Who do you think gets closer to correct about black on black crime?
Leftists? Or rightists?
Leftists? Or rightists?
Bet you a $1,000,000 that lefties underestimate black on black crime.
Anyway, this study
(a) Doesn’t prove what PinkNews falsely says it does, and
(b) Is itself flawed because it fails to distinguish between correct guesses and knowledgeable recognition of facts
(a) Doesn’t prove what PinkNews falsely says it does, and
(b) Is itself flawed because it fails to distinguish between correct guesses and knowledgeable recognition of facts
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