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Feb 08, 2011 23:04

There was an article in the NYT yesterday , "Social Scientist Sees Bias Within", (h/t, rck ) about conservatives in psychology.  Apparently social psychologist Jonathan Haidt is arguing that there's an anti-conservative bias in the field of psychology which is demonstrated by their low numbers. (Of 1000 psychologists in a room he'd polled, only 3 ( Read more... )

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pmax3 February 9 2011, 17:52:26 UTC
"If so, why stop at conservatives? I also suspect that hockey fans, plumbers and Lady Gaga fans are underrepresented in the academy."

Gee, that was harsh, dude

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mijopo February 9 2011, 18:06:19 UTC
Oops, certainly don't want to enrage the Gaga fans, must improve the proofreading.

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