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sundin13 said:

o_O.Q said:

I think he has a valid reason to be skeptical

the social sciences have recently been shown to be overrun with leftist ideology to the point where nonsense like this is seen as valid

https://www.barstoolsports.com/chicago/fake-study-saying-dog-parks-are-cesspool-for-rape-culture-earns-real-award-and-now-author-is-in-real-trouble

the tilt further and further left has been documented by even left leaning sources

https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2017/02/27/research-confirms-professors-lean-left-questions-assumptions-about-what-means

and I suppose for people who lean left to begin with this may not be seen as an issue but it obviously is because what is researched and how much certain conclusions are challenged is obviously going to be adversely impacted

Bad journals exist everywhere.

They are not evidence that the social sciences as a whole are worthless.

This argument is bad.

EDIT: Yeahhhhh...

the men who wrote that journal apparently got 20 or so journals through

the thing is that they were trolling, but there are several journals floating around out there that are proposing things that are just as fucking retarded from people who apparently are sincere and happen to be toeing the line with the dominant ideology

IT IS a massive problem in the social sciences now

does it mean as you have strawmanned me as saying that the social sciences are worthless as a whole? not necessarily, but it does mean that conclusions in my opinion should be taken with a grain of salt and for individual people when it comes to topics like this where clearly there are MASSIVE GLARING INCONSISTENCIES then perhaps should take their time before accepting things blindly(especially when those things in some respects do not logically fit together)