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But Mr. Corbett – as an experiment it is already skewed by the title. Because of the title alone, most conservative-leaning types won’t look further and would be more likely to leave a quip about it. I only looked into it because it was out of charactor coming from you, and not because I delve past all such headlines and titles on media. I don’t comment on those types of headlines because there is no point wasting time on stupidity. Also, there have been several similarly entitled articles touting apparently actual “studies” meant to be taken seriously, in the news and social media – and this would just seem like one more of the same. Sorry, but the only objections will come from conservative-leaning people and iif they wouldn’t delve deeper into one more headline among previous others claiming the same nonsense, I don’t think we can draw any useful conclusions from it. In general, I dont think exercises attempting to show us how unreasonable and incapable we are, are very useful. We have to be better at getting thru to people who believe their tv’s and political parties and I think you are usually among the very best at doing that.
Mr Corbett said it was meant as an experiment and of course humour is part of the excercise. It is too tiresome to even speculate on any question of whether “scientific” or “educational” terms need to bog down the exercise. My point was that no useful conclusions can can come from it because it is skewed on two points 1) Liberals and Conservatives will react differently because of the title – Conservatives will most likely not delve into it and 2) In just the past few years there have been numerous “studies” , most likely conducted by illogical lower IQ’s, claiming much the same nonsense according to articles frequently circulating in mainstream news and on social media – and which were not floated as a humerous experiment. This can be easily googled (intelligence IQ liberals conservatives). So no doubt conservatives have developed a different attitude towards such incompetent “studies” and are even less inclined to read yet another one.
On humour vs logic, granted. But the experiment is skewed and the results will likely be more humerous – or interesting – to some than others, depending on leanings – which pretty much negates the excercise . Just like all the previous articles on similar such “studies”.
The only person who introduced “science” into the discussion was yourself. As you also introduced “educational”. And then you went right ahead and corrected me on something that I never mentioned nor implied using your notions of “scientific” vs “educational”. Anyway good to know someone is anticipating “educational” results. And thank you for a very insightful exchange , I’ve often wondered what process such educational studies resulted from.
I guess we need to just leave it at your explanation that you don’t understand how experiments can result in predetermined – or skewed – outcomes as a result of their design, which obviously not all of us would find unenlightening or unamusing.
Well, once again, you have to bog down in “science” which you explain is due to your “ears, influenced by a culture that sees science as the new arbiter of all meaning and value” . At least you are very self-insightful. “Science” to some of us is merely a method, and I still can’t understand why you continue to sidetrack about it, but I guess we have to take you at your word that you are unduly influenced by your culture’s emphasis on it.
Newspapers do this, too. Long before social media, I learned to always read the whole article, because in news stories, the truth (if any) is always at the end, because most readers don’t read to end….
IMO, a bunch of idiots both left and right. And center, too, while I’m at it.