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Re:Smoking Causes Cancer by jldugger on Tuesday December 12, 2023 @06:13PM (#38620135)
> No, why should I criticize him for that?

Because after that academia made it the gold standard of research in most disciplines, leading to what many describe as a "replication crisis" in social sciences.

But surely anyone criticizing him for that would have to prove they've already sufficiently criticized him for the whole eugenics thing.

Re:Smoking Causes Cancer by kragen on Tuesday December 12, 2023 @06:45PM (#38620495)
you seem to adhere to the intellectual norms of the great leap forward rather than those of science or philosophy

in science nobody ever has to 'prove they've already sufficiently criticized' anyone or anything

they just provide evidence

enjoy your auto-da-fe but please do it somewhere else, only involving people who are into that kind of thing

Re:Smoking Causes Cancer by jldugger on Tuesday December 12, 2023 @08:01PM (#38621249)
I'm sorry you feel triggered in mentioning that the guy was a leader in the eugenics movement?