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The Strange Case of Dr. Ho Man Kwok (2019)

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Re: The Strange Case of Dr. Ho Man Kwok (2019)

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The IAT is pseudoscience. The Implicit Association Test at Age 21: No Evidence for Construct Validity [0] > The Implicit Association Test (IAT) is 21 years old. Greenwald et al. (1998) proposed that the IAT measures individual differences in implicit social cognition. This claim requires evidence of construct validity. I review the evidence and show that there is insufficient evidence for this claim. Most important,…

What kind of person haunts 4-day-old articles to post long, off-topic comments like this? And that cites Jesse Singal of all people as some sort of authority? What I said is that it was helpful to me personally. Which it was, in that it helped me recognize my own implicit anti-black bias. Unless you'd like to prove that the whole concept of unexamined biases is 100% unreal, please move along and let people have a dis…

Based on your personal attacks and abrasive tone, it looks like you take the IAT’s falsity personally. Why?

> What kind of person haunts 4-day-old articles

What a strange attempt at an insult. Do you not read articles that are more than 3 days old?

Your own comment was 2 days old on a 5-day-old article, which makes this attempt at an insult even more comical.

> off-topic

> irrelevant interruption

Do you need to read your own comment again to refresh your memory? Do you know what Project Implicit is?

It’s exactly what I’m addressing, so what mental gymnastics are you doing to claim my comment is “off-topic” and “irrelevant”?

> And that cites Jesse Singal of all people as some sort of authority?

One of the authors of the article, who’s referencing the relevant studies? What’s the issue? Rather than making more cryptic ad hominem attacks, why not say something substantive?

> was helpful to me personally

It’s ironic that you’re willing to support horoscope-level pseudoscience (and personally attack anyone who points out it’s pseudoscience) because it supports your preconceived biases.

Re: The Strange Case of Dr. Ho Man Kwok (2019)

#372

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What kind of person haunts 4-day-old articles to post long, off-topic comments like this? And that cites Jesse Singal of all people as some sort of authority? What I said is that it was helpful to me personally. Which it was, in that it helped me recognize my own implicit anti-black bias. Unless you'd like to prove that the whole concept of unexamined biases is 100% unreal, please move along and let people have a dis…

Based on your personal attacks and abrasive tone, it looks like you take the IAT’s falsity personally. Why? > What kind of person haunts 4-day-old articles What a strange attempt at an insult. Do you not read articles that are more than 3 days old? Your own comment was 2 days old on a 5-day-old article, which makes this attempt at an insult even more comical. > off-topic > irrelevant interruption Do you need to read…

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Re: The Strange Case of Dr. Ho Man Kwok (2019)

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Based on your personal attacks and abrasive tone, it looks like you take the IAT’s falsity personally. Why? > What kind of person haunts 4-day-old articles What a strange attempt at an insult. Do you not read articles that are more than 3 days old? Your own comment was 2 days old on a 5-day-old article, which makes this attempt at an insult even more comical. > off-topic > irrelevant interruption Do you need to read…

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What “misunderstandings and confusions”? I’m sorry you’re frustrated to learn that you’ve been spreading pseudoscience, but it’s important to combat misinformation.

Horoscope enthusiasts also think horoscopes have been “helpful to them personally”, because it supports their preconceived biases. Doesn’t mean they’re not bunk.

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