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Old 9th January 2019, 18:37     #24
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Originally Posted by Lightspeed
What's the source of that perception? How are we checking our biases?

The thing with the humanities and social sciences is we're all human. We all have something to say about being human and we all have a stake in what we discover about being human.

So I suspect there's a stronger drive to be hyper-critical about papers on rape culture than there are on papers about string theory.
Here's a fascinating book I've been reading this week, I recommend it apropos of this thread.

https://www.amazon.com.au/Coddling-A...3&sr=8-1-fkmr0

I gather the book grew out of this article, so if you're not the type to impulse-buy books on Amazon, try reading this:

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine...n-mind/399356/
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