tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post8051892281425700268..comments2024-03-26T06:17:49.527-07:00Comments on Had Enough Therapy?: Community CuresStuart Schneidermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12784043736879991769noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-23654930151079411352018-02-28T17:42:36.243-08:002018-02-28T17:42:36.243-08:00Ares, you are a case in point. You are blind to yo...Ares, you are a case in point. You are blind to your own worldview. You just think you’re smart. You ain’t. <br /><br />Sociology is a joke.<br /><br />And “causes” will never report (much less acknowledge) the contra-arguments of their opponents. <br /><br />Wake up. Grow up. Ignatius Acton Chesterton OCDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18222603717128565302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-16659128596640826612018-02-28T03:22:07.285-08:002018-02-28T03:22:07.285-08:00Redacted, I see, sociology is a joke when it find ...Redacted, I see, sociology is a joke when it find conclusions you disagree with, and its evidence for your way of seeing the world when it supports your conclusions. Or we could go back to Rush Limbaugh, "Never trust the facts of people with causes."<br />Ares Olympushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09726811306826601686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-21605426083904397102018-02-26T09:17:26.035-08:002018-02-26T09:17:26.035-08:00The trouble with doing a google search to discover...The trouble with doing a google search to discover a rejoinder is that the googler (is that a word?) is often completely ignorant of the subject matter.<br /><br />In fact, this is a quote from the opening paragraph of the Summary and Results section of the Abascal and Baldassari paper:<br /><br />"Nonwhites and immigrants are less trusting than native-born whites..."<br /><br />But let's continue... a mere glance at Fig 5, which served as the basis for the absurd claims regarding white persons, shows that all the effects reported are near-microscopic (the scale is graduated in tenths of a standard deviation). To put it in context, tbe mean height of US males is 69.1",and the SD is 2.9". So we're talking about a difference smaller than the height difference between men who are 69.1" and 69.4". A bad haircut could change your perception. It reminds me of the claims made about Paris reducing the global temperature by 0.2-0.9 C. Such microscopic effects are not even detectable in the noise (variation) of global temperature measurement.<br /><br />This is a perfect example of why sociology is a joke subject, and why Ares is perpetually amusing.Redactednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-26557686060370097732018-02-26T08:02:31.667-08:002018-02-26T08:02:31.667-08:00So an article about mental health through communal...So an article about mental health through communal ties becomes a calling against cultural diversity?<br /><br />I see the original study from Putnam was in 2007. Here's a more recent article, 2016. Like most scientific debates, ideas continue to evolve and hopefully move towards more subtly of conclusions, and probably we all see what we want to see, scientists and everyone alike.<br />https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/does-diversity-create-distrust<br />---<br />Sociologists Maria Abascal, of Princeton University, and Delia Baldassari, of New York University, published a paper late last year which refutes Putnam’s conclusions. After reanalyzing the same dataset used by Putnam, Abascal and Baldassari asserted that when it comes to distrust and diversity, most of the distrust is expressed by Whites who feel uncomfortable living amongst racial minorities.<br /><br />In other words, greater distrust may stem from prejudice rather than from diversity per se. Therefore, Putnam’s conclusion that racial diversity leads to less altruism and cooperation amongst neighbors was incorrect. If there is a downside to diversity, it has less to do with the behavior of racial minorities and more to do with how Whites feel when living amongst non-Whites.<br />---<br />Ares Olympushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09726811306826601686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-71889238313646163552018-02-26T06:21:36.744-08:002018-02-26T06:21:36.744-08:00SS: "It’s not exactly news..."
It certa...SS: "It’s not exactly news..."<br /><br />It certainly isn't. It's the direct consequence of loving your neighbor as you love yourself.Redactednoreply@blogger.com