Individuals with Rare Disorder Have No Racial Biases
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Individuals with Rare Disorder Have No Racial Biases
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Re: Individuals with Rare Disorder Have No Racial Biases
#2Fascinating find, but I wouldn't call this a disorder, rather a desired trait. The only issue with this "syndrome" is that they cannot process social danger signals--which I believe can be taught even though it is a fundamentally an intuitive defense.
The trade-off? "They do not experience the jitters and inhibitions the rest of us feel." Talk about a huge advantage.
Re: Individuals with Rare Disorder Have No Racial Biases
#3Fascinating find, but I wouldn't call this a disorder, rather a desired trait. The only issue with this "syndrome" is that they cannot process social danger signals--which I believe can be taught even though it is a fundamentally an intuitive defense. The trade-off? "They do not experience the jitters and inhibitions the rest of us feel." Talk about a huge advantage.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Williams_syndrome
The disease comes with a large number of physiological problems, and also serious problems in intelligence outside of social behavior.
Re: Individuals with Rare Disorder Have No Racial Biases
#4This is a novel finding and does help parse out the difference between how gender bias and racial bias form.
That said, I wish people would stop talking about Williams syndrome as if it were, on the whole, desirable. Yes, these people are blessed with some desirable traits. They are also cursed with cardiovascular defects such as aortic and pulmonary stenosis; renal defects; vitamin D metabolic defects; and often delayed development. Not to mention that their most desirable trait — a lack of social fear which makes them very friendly — is incredibly maladaptive in most circumstances.
Re: Individuals with Rare Disorder Have No Racial Biases
#5This is a novel finding and does help parse out the difference between how gender bias and racial bias form. That said, I wish people would stop talking about Williams syndrome as if it were, on the whole, desirable. Yes, these people are blessed with some desirable traits. They are also cursed with cardiovascular defects such as aortic and pulmonary stenosis; renal defects; vitamin D metabolic defects; and often del…
This is a novel finding
Yes, that is why I would look for replication of the finding, including replications with different ways of estimating racial prejudice, before accepting that this generalizes to the whole human population. But it's always a good idea to do research on a long-standing interesting issue (racism) with a new study population (Williams syndrome patients). An astrophysicist who was one of my undergraduate teachers said that one can often make a great scientific discovery simply by putting a scientific instrument where it has never been before. (His example was putting a Geiger counter into earth orbit, which discovered the Van Allen belts.) Similarly, doing this or that kind of psychological or sociological assessment or surveying can find new results if it happens with new subjects.
Re: Individuals with Rare Disorder Have No Racial Biases
#6Fascinating find, but I wouldn't call this a disorder, rather a desired trait. The only issue with this "syndrome" is that they cannot process social danger signals--which I believe can be taught even though it is a fundamentally an intuitive defense. The trade-off? "They do not experience the jitters and inhibitions the rest of us feel." Talk about a huge advantage.
Yeah, at first I thought it was something like "neurotypical." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neurotypical
Re: Individuals with Rare Disorder Have No Racial Biases
#7And this is a "disorder", how?
Re: Individuals with Rare Disorder Have No Racial Biases
#8Fascinating find, but I wouldn't call this a disorder, rather a desired trait. The only issue with this "syndrome" is that they cannot process social danger signals--which I believe can be taught even though it is a fundamentally an intuitive defense. The trade-off? "They do not experience the jitters and inhibitions the rest of us feel." Talk about a huge advantage.
It wouldn't be an advantage. I hate to break it to you, but Mother Nature knows her shit. We've evolved the "negative" tendencies we have for very good reasons and most of them are still doing their job at improving your odds for reproduction.
I suspect that (seemingly) ugly tendencies like confirmation bias, stereotyping, vengeance, shame, etc. all increase your personal odds of reproduction. Likely at the expense of society, but it is what it is.
I can understand how complete social trust and lack of anxiety would be beneficial in a perfect world; alas, we do not live in one.
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#999 percent of the 40 children studied
*facepalm*Re: Individuals with Rare Disorder Have No Racial Biases
#1099 percent of the 40 children studied *facepalm*
And to finish that quote...
"pointed to pictures of girls when asked who played with dolls and chose boys when asked, say, who likes toy cars."
Yeah one kid's arm had no gender bias, but the rest of them were full of it!
Also is the 40 kids 40 kids with Williams or 40 kids total? Either way it's a pathetically small sample size, but one is way worse...