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The elephant in the room is almost certainly that poverty causes both parasites and authoritarianism
Or, in other words, the paper's title does mean "hey, we got some more evidence that poverty causes authoritarianism (or the other way around)", it's just encoded in Academish.
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Liberal? I'm the most left leaning person I know and am involved in local politics. I'm pretty sure most of my cohort opposes forfeiting our sovereignty to financiers. But I'd say outrage, vs fear, is my prime motivator. FWIW I've adopted Jonathan Haidt's Moral Foundations Theory, until something better comes along. None of the personality traits are correct or incorrect. They just are. I'm just trying to understand…
Haidt's pretty cool, but I disagree with how you explained his ideas. Best executive summary of Haidt I know of is this bar chart: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Dh7OHIPVMAA-OJk.jpg Usually folks I know who lean as far left as you prefer labels like anarchist, or socialist -- since liberal is what the imf / world bank people call themselves!
Ya, labels suck. I'm "liberal" in the sense that I support whatever works and embrace change. Adam Smith, Marx, others all made some great points, many of which have been lost, but progress marches on and we must adapt.
Damian R. Murray AFFILIATION Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Mark Schaller AFFILIATION Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Peter Suedfeld AFFILIATION Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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My point is that the way it's phrased guides the mind to jump to a particular conclusion.
No, you jumped to a conclusion. "Predicts" is not a synonym of "causes," and any confusion you may experience would be solved by reading what they wrote.
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No, you jumped to a conclusion. "Predicts" is not a synonym of "causes," and any confusion you may experience would be solved by reading what they wrote.
It's not a direct synonym but it's also where my mind went after reading the title
The elephant in the room is almost certainly that poverty causes both parasites and authoritarianism
Or is it authoritarianism that causes poverty and parasites?
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The title states that parasite prevalence predicts authoritarianism, not causes it. That's not a causation hypothesis.
My point is that the way it's phrased guides the mind to jump to a particular conclusion.
The elephant in the room is almost certainly that poverty causes both parasites and authoritarianism
If you read the study, this is obviously addressed - please try to provide specific feedback on the methodology they used that you feel do not address your concerns rather than assuming the authors did not consider obvious points.
Shrug. Sounds tenuous.
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It's not a direct synonym but it's also where my mind went after reading the title
So what other word would you have used for an article about a statistical prediction ? This is a scientific text, "to predict" has a well-understood meaning within the field of statistics and it's not a synonym for "causes".