[ExI] experiment regarding ethical behaviors vs status:

[spike]

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>.Here's one signal that seems to always shine through: headlines explaining
a study will always distort by oversimplification the real findings of a
study.  In this case, the headline was "Shame on the Rich."  The study
didn't say "Shame on Those Who Self-Identify as Rich."  Spike

 

 

 

I also noticed the test designer and interpreter was quite up front about
his own political views, clearly stated at the bottom of the article:

 

"The patterns were just so consistent," Piff said. "It was very, very
compelling."

 

Piff, who is writing a paper about attitudes toward the Occupy movement,
said that his team had been accused of waging class warfare from time to
time.

 

"Berkeley has a certain reputation, so yeah, we get that," he said.

 

But rather than vilify the wealthy, Piff said, he hopes his work leads to
policies that help bridge the gap between the haves and have-nots.

 

Acts as simple as watching a movie about childhood poverty seem to encourage
people of all classes to help others in need, he said.

 

 

 

OK then, bridge the gaps between the haves and the have-nots.  Apparently
Piff is discounting the existing bridge: jobs.  The haves hire the
have-nots.  The language is quite clear, the sociologist had an agenda:
"Piff said he hopes his work leads to policies."  

 

Conclusion: this study is not scientific, but rather it joins evolution and
global warming as two fields of science hopeless mired in a morass of
political notions unrelated to the subject of the study.  Such a shame.  If
there is any redeeming quality, it is that at least the investigator was
honest, right up front about his own political agenda.

 

spike

 

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