An erroneous paper on religion and generosity is retracted

Post by phkahler » Sat, Sep 28, 2019, 12:47 PM UTC

mbell wrote: post #42

I think it's situations like this that result in society having such a hard time with 'science'. The term has been so heavily co-opted by fields that just don't have sufficient rigger for the term to hold weight. Yet, on various topics, we have this publicized attack of "your a science denier!". At the end of the day, there are two 'types' of science, one where I can take the results and make accurate predictions, an…

Post by SauciestGNU » Sat, Sep 28, 2019, 1:45 PM UTC

CDSlice wrote: post #150

jimmaswell wrote: post #125

Interesting, waitstaff on reddit always say religious people tip worse or not at all.

Probably because most religious people don't tend to flaunt it everywhere they go, and in my experience the ones that do also tend to be jerks. It's also possible that wait staff tend to remember the ones that do more than the ones that don't because being religious and a jerk is more memorable than religious and not a jerk. Disclaimer: I am a religious person.

Post by [deleted] » Sat, Sep 28, 2019, 3:03 PM UTC

scarejunba wrote: post #54

mbell wrote: post #42

I think it's situations like this that result in society having such a hard time with 'science'. The term has been so heavily co-opted by fields that just don't have sufficient rigger for the term to hold weight. Yet, on various topics, we have this publicized attack of "your a science denier!". At the end of the day, there are two 'types' of science, one where I can take the results and make accurate predictions, an…

Perhaps the real problem is that reality does not punish being wrong and reward being right enough.

Post by Scapeghost » Sat, Sep 28, 2019, 3:21 PM UTC

catawbasam wrote: post #152

Scapeghost wrote: post #97

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> I'd rather not be classified as insane, thanks. What would I be classified as if I started worshipping, say, Thanos, and began preaching to everyone about him? > the research suggests religion has positive effects on children. Your response to the corrected findings? If it was safe for me to do so, my response would be to go out in my own religious country and film for you all the children throwing stones at animal…

Given the context, I would classify you as insincere.

Post by mikestew » Sat, Sep 28, 2019, 3:52 PM UTC

SauciestGNU wrote: post #153

CDSlice wrote: post #150

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Probably because most religious people don't tend to flaunt it everywhere they go, and in my experience the ones that do also tend to be jerks. It's also possible that wait staff tend to remember the ones that do more than the ones that don't because being religious and a jerk is more memorable than religious and not a jerk. Disclaimer: I am a religious person.

I worked in breakfast and brunch restaurants for a while, and my anecdotal experience is that the post-church rushes (we were across the street from a couple churches) had the worst overall tipping percentages that I would see all week.