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paulca:
I have seen those statistics, they are correct, but they don't describe the issue.

I recall they show that more whites are killed or injured by police than blacks each year.

However only roughly 12% of the USA is black.  Therefore you are three to four times more likely to be injured or killed by police.

I believe this was an example by one of those YouTube mathematicians on when statistics are used incorrectly with serious consequences.

madires:

--- Quote from: SilverSolder on July 07, 2020, 01:38:50 pm ---Even is Stephen Hsu is right about the statistics, he was an idiot for bringing it up while videos of obvious police brutality was circulating.  One powerful anecdote is more upsetting to people than reams of statistics.  Basically, he more than likely ended up fired for being an idiot courting controversy, not necessarily for the facts of the statistics themselves.

--- End quote ---

Possibly. Still, what happened with scientific disputes, free speech and the US constitution? Suddenly gone? The student's union has become an oppressive regime, something they maybe haven't intended while all the good intentions changed into the opposite.

nuclearcat:
Finally, opposition to the cancel culture getting alive: https://harpers.org/a-letter-on-justice-and-open-debate/

maginnovision:

--- Quote from: nuclearcat on July 07, 2020, 03:11:53 pm ---Finally, opposition to the cancel culture getting alive: https://harpers.org/a-letter-on-justice-and-open-debate/

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It doesn't matter. Almost all of our national media and tech companies running social media are on one side of these issues. They control the narratives and decide what's right and good.

SilverSolder:

--- Quote from: madires on July 07, 2020, 02:52:16 pm ---
--- Quote from: SilverSolder on July 07, 2020, 01:38:50 pm ---Even is Stephen Hsu is right about the statistics, he was an idiot for bringing it up while videos of obvious police brutality was circulating.  One powerful anecdote is more upsetting to people than reams of statistics.  Basically, he more than likely ended up fired for being an idiot courting controversy, not necessarily for the facts of the statistics themselves.

--- End quote ---

Possibly. Still, what happened with scientific disputes, free speech and the US constitution? Suddenly gone? The student's union has become an oppressive regime, something they maybe haven't intended while all the good intentions changed into the opposite.

--- End quote ---

You are right, but again, a senior person in a leading position of an institution....   using your entire brain is not optional!

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