Satoshi Kanazawa: A "scientist" using "science" to hide his obvious racism

Satoshi Kanazawa. Some of you may recognize that name. He’s an evolutionary psychologist known for making arguments such as “black women are ugly … according to science” and “Africans are dumb … according to science.”

He’s at it again, this time at Big Think, declaring that his blindfolded bobbing-for-apples dip into the “data” has shown him that black women and Asian men are less attractive … you know, “scientifically”.

It’s a gross, insulting misuse of research data. I only post it here for two reasons:

  1. So everyone can see an example of the importance of thinking critically, and not believing things just because a science-y person says them.
  2. And so you’ll get a chance to go read P.Z. Myers’ evisceration of Kanazawa’s “science”

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  1. 1fuckedupkid reblogged this from tacofantasy
  2. tacofantasy reblogged this from jtotheizzoe and added:
    Lmfao I remember this shit.
  3. studiousadventures reblogged this from jtotheizzoe and added:
    A great example of the subjective nature of science.
  4. oneofthe20percent reblogged this from jtotheizzoe
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  7. ippoddity reblogged this from jtotheizzoe and added:
    Wow. Just… wow.
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  9. frankenlobo reblogged this from kim-brown and added:
    who the fuck is he talking about, I am fabulous. In all seriousness, I LOVE it when racists hide behind “science”. It’s...
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  11. scatterbrainedhypatia reblogged this from astrotastic and added:
    Wow, what a tool. I think the day they were teaching things like “correlation =/= causation,” this dude had his hands...
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  21. trainbust reblogged this from le-kif-kif and added:
    We have rules in science that are meant to limit the influence of culture (whatever that means). Kanazawa never follows...
  22. le-kif-kif reblogged this from thenoobyorker
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  27. fanoftentakil reblogged this from tvlovestransformers and added:
    I refuse to read anything he writes. But signal boost to raise awareness.
  28. tvlovestransformers reblogged this from the-wardens-vermin and added:
    MISUSE OF ‘SCIENCE’ ALERT.
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