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Dec 6, 2022·edited Dec 6, 2022Liked by Dr. Nathanial Bork

Roberts' apparently (but is he serious?) wants psychologists to compare groups of different races to see how they differ on tests. In cognitive psychology or cognitive neuroscience this would obviously be a disaster. What happens when the groups differ on some fundamental ability, like memory, attention, or cognitive control? We've been down this road. That's called "race science". Roberts' hasn't come to grips with this. Yes, Roberts' is calling for more race science, but he hasn't really thought through his position. Jussim assumes that, unless there is good reason for it, psychological studies should examine samples that represent the demographics of the population. Under this model, you don't go out looking for differences between groups, which is obviously a complete minefield and the road to cancellation. Instead you assume you can generalize to the population from a representative sample. Yes, there are cases where this is not the right model, but wen studying fundamental psychological processes, it absolutely has to be the sensible default. And pursuing some sort of racial hypothesis is flat out off the table for white psychologists, for obvious reasons.

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Dec 10, 2022Liked by Dr. Nathanial Bork

"People/Person/Writer/Artist/Actor/Student of color", "community/communities of color" & all the other terms like it are the updated terms of the old racist term "Colored". They're a sign of devolution. Not to mention using those terms perpetuate racism instead of lessening it.

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Dec 6, 2022·edited Dec 6, 2022Liked by Dr. Nathanial Bork

Spot on!

"Do you still think you can control them?"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tUctFu46_c

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