Re:Accuracy dominates bias and self-fulfilling prophecy [pdf]
by virgilp on Saturday December 16, 2017 @01:22AM
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No, as others have observed, you're just being intellectually dishonest. You claim studies prove me wrong, and "prove that" by cherry-picking sentences that don't support your claim - not even when taken out of context!
Want proof for what I claimed? Stop quoting Einstein, and read the study you linked.
Re:Accuracy dominates bias and self-fulfilling prophecy [pdf]
by mpweiher on Saturday December 16, 2017 @05:12AM
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> being intellectually dishonest
Nope, that would be you. You make a claim and don't back it up. You invert the burden of proof, in a "prove me wrong", which is both dishonest and ridiculous.
I write show (as in illustrate and you claim I wrote proof). So, put up with proof of your claim, or shut up, and don't accuse others of the intellectual dishonesty you yourself are guilty of.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/show
And the Einstein quote was aimed at your "proof by common sense" assertion, which is just ridiculous on the face of it.
I assumed that you were aware that the burden of proof is on the person making the claim, that "I claim something, prove me wrong" is not how this works. That assumption appears to have been incorrect.
Given that the burden of proof is on you, what I provided was evidence that makes your claim unlikely, specifically the following: "When individuating information is clear and relevant, its effects are “massive” (Kunda & Thagard, 1996, yes, that is a direct quote, p. 292), and stereotype effects tend to be weak or nonexistent.".
So if the effect is "weak or nonexistent" as soon as any individuating information is known, your path to showing "incredible harm" has just become that much more difficult. Of course, you haven't actually presented any evidence whatsoever, so I guess it doesn't really make much of a difference.