Amy Wax: "The feminization of the academy has been a total disaster."
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The Center for the Study of Partisanship and Ideology (CSPI) supports and funds research on how ideology and policy contribute to social and scientific progress
Joined November 2020
- Microsoft's 'diversity and inclusion' policies undermined merit and biased the company's hiring process, says a former manager at its AI platform division.
- A new CSPI report has been released: "The Accuracy of Stereotypes: Data and Implications," by @PsychRabble and @natehoneycutt. It shows stereotype accuracy to be one of the most solid and replicable findings in psychology. Thread. 1/n cspicenter.org/reports/the-ac…
- "Over 20% of academics and around 30% of doctoral students openly admit that they would discriminate against a right-leaning grant bid." cspicenter.com/p/academicfree…
- New report from CSPI: "About Those Baby Brainwaves: Why 'Policy Relevant' Social Science is Mostly a Fraud," by Jordan Lasker. It explains why the recent "baby brainwaves" study was not just bad research but indicative of a much larger problem. 🧵 1/n cspi.substack.com/p/about-those-…
- Conservatives can take back universities by: 1. Banning DEI statements 2. Defunding DEI bureaucracy 3. Replacing CRT-sympathetic university leaders with serious people All of this is possible.
00:00 - CSPI pleased to announce our newest research fellow, @phl43. His new blog, War on Science, is now up on our website. cspicenter.org/blog/cspi/new-…
- STEM scientists vs. Social Justice activists on campus: “One guy is an astronomer trying to figure out how supernovas happen, another guy is trying to get all the sexist astronomers fired." Watch the full clip here: youtu.be/kePuitYHii4
00:00 - “The sole qualification for being president of a university in a red state is that you’re good at lying to Republicans.” Fake conservatives on campus provide cover for the Left to control universities. youtu.be/crjKAboUthM
00:00 - Announcing the first CSPI Essay Contest: "Policy Reform for Progress." Essays must propose a reform that makes it easier to develop or apply a new and important technology, like flying cars, commercial space travel, or anti-aging treatments. Details here: cspi.substack.com/p/cspi-essay-c…
- Replying to @CSPICenterOrgMany argue stereotypes are harmful, even if true. But when people have individuating information about a person, stereotypes play almost no role in how individuals are judged. The fear that knowledge of stereotype accuracy will lead to discrimination is likely misguided. 4/n
- Asian success threatens the Western psyche: “When Japan became prominent, it was a problem for white people… That reaction was a tiny fraction of what’s going to happen when China becomes the largest economy in the world.” Watch the full clip here:youtube.com/watch?v=XEOch9…
00:00 - Steve Hsu on what war with Russia would look like: “9/11 will seem like a holiday, because many more than that number of people will be killed on the first day.” Watch the full clip for a comprehensive breakdown of Russian and Chinese military technology: youtube.com/watch?v=hfL33M…
00:00 - Why Jeff Bezos quit studying physics at Princeton, and what this says about the levels and limits of IQ: “Bezos has more horsepower than the average Amazon engineer, but even he had trouble understanding quantum mechanics.” Watch the full clip here: youtu.be/FRTPMdlHfg0
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