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Pastimes : Let's Talk About Our Feelings!!!
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To: J. C. Dithers who wrote (105386)5/28/2005 7:55:52 PM
From: epicure  Read Replies (2) of 108807
 
I certainly think societal considerations were in place (and I'd guess Grainne does too)- bigotry for 100 years to be specific, but I'm not sure those are the societal considerations you had in mind. IMO this is exactly like the bigotry that influenced "scientists" who studied blacks and other darker skinned peoples- looking for data that confirmed their prejudices, instead of looking for the data that was naturally there. Ignoring the real world is always a problem, Even for scientists (who also happen to be part of society and so can also be prey to societies prejudices) and a huge reason why religion should not be interjected in to science- because the biggest errors in science (imo) have been the result of societal blindness causing scientists to reject or recast real data, so that it fit prejudices, rather than changing prejudices to accommodate new data- but truth eventually seems to out...

You do not want to talk about the scientists who were convinced blacks were inferior to whites? I would be willing to talk about the errors scientists made at that time, and why they made them. There are some very interesting case studies which illumine the intersection of prejudice and science. I find that an interesting area of history- full of implications for the present day.
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