• @FlowVoid
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    311 months ago

    What? Neuroscience has a lot to do with Mitchell’s argument.

      • @FlowVoid
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        311 months ago

        Confirming what? Neuroscience?

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          011 months ago

          Are you unaware that confirmation bias in science is real?

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            11 months ago

            I am aware it’s real, but I’m not aware why it specifically applies to Mitchell.

            Do you not like his conclusions? Because that would be confirmation bias - on your part.

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              11 months ago

              Indeed it would be! Delighted! Perhaps you’re correct.

              ETA: Some religious institutions don’t interfere in research. I think I’ma but gunshy in the states with “Bob Jones” graduates and the ilk.

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                11 months ago

                LOL, fair enough!

                And don’t worry. Trinity College, aka the University of Dublin, is the top research university in Ireland. It is the Irish counterpart to Oxford and Cambridge, and it was founded by Queen Elizabeth I, not the church.

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                  Tbf, the Ivy League schools were in the admissions bribery scandals. I’ve nothing against Trinity, ( but I’m leaving my comment for transparency). I’m probably just skeptical having been ruled by the Talibangicals since Gingrich.

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                    11 months ago

                    Yes, I deleted my comparison to Harvard. Its most relevant peers are Oxford, Cambridge, and a few other schools in the UK. There is even a program for reciprocal granting of degrees.