Weekend reads: Fringe race science and journals; flags for Stanford president’s papers; rise and fall of peer review

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4 thoughts on “Weekend reads: Fringe race science and journals; flags for Stanford president’s papers; rise and fall of peer review”

  1. Angela Saini’s article is nothing but name calling. If you disagree with a scientific conclusion, the correct response is to conduct further research.

    1. Better research has been done, again and again and again. People don’t publish or evangelize racism because of a thorough examination of the data, they start with racism. How many times was Rushton’s work rebutted? He never responded to these, unlike the norms of scholarship.
      Consider starting here: https://img3.reoveme.com/m/a3946b0ab2471614.pdf
      https://www.proquest.com/openview/3d103838b1dcad41972eb8f7c4f24ccb/1?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=30756

    2. Saini’s article looked at the sources of funding for eugenicists and “race scientists” and their favored journals. If you disagree with the results of her research, the correct response is to conduct your own research into the sources of funding.

  2. I presume the fringe race science junk journals are OpenPsych –
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenPsych
    https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/OpenPsych_pseudojournals
    Emil Kirkegaard who set these bogus journals up is also associated with a fake university / diploma mill named GegenUni:
    https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/GegenUni
    He recently changed his legal name to William Engman since he is a perjuror in contempt of court who is being sued for unpaid legal costs. https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Emil_O._W._Kirkegaard

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