Academia passing off poisonous ideological opinions as scientific research

Years ago, I used to be entertained by research that political ideologies carried with them particular behavioral attributes or markers.  It makes logical sense why that might be the case if you ignore that the labels for conservative, liberal, progressive, or whatever keep changing over the years.  Those who were once Classical Liberals are now "conservative" and those who were Progressive and now authoritarian.  

It took me a while to cotton to the fact that these studies are both meaningless and childishly intended.  

From A Master Class in Confirmation Bias by Holly Math Nerd.  The subheading is a fresh snarkfest on why #trustthescience is nonsense.  While she disclaims this as a disciplined rebuttal of the propagated research, she is still pretty comprehensive and entertaining.  

It is entirely clear that this was motivated research intended to produce a specific finding regardless of how many scientific protocols had to be breached in order to do so.

MSN reported on the study here. The short version: COVID jab refusers evidence a “lack of problem-solving skills” and “rigid thinking,” as well as an “inability to see complexity.”

Where shall we begin?

The Many Ways This Study is Bullshit 

 

This essay would be longer than the study itself if I gave it the dissection it deserves, so I’m going to have to limit myself to just a few points. This is more snarkfest than serious refutation because, frankly, it’s so goddamn dumb that it doesn’t deserve the time investment that a serious refutation would take.

So let’s laugh together.

Way #1: Their Construct Is Bullshit

And thus she proceeds, entertainingly laying waste to their construct, their methodology, their data, etc.  She clearly is having a good time striking down the rotted piñata of "research."