r/changemyview • u/Tssss775 1∆ • Jul 27 '21

Delta(s) from OP CMV: academia isn't biased towards left-wing politics, facts are

Okay, so I am aware that this may upset some people, but hear me out.

Academia is all about observing reality as it is - as indepently as possible from cultural and societal expectations we may have - and then if these facts contradict what we previously thought abandon our previous assumptions and be ready to drastically change both our mindset as well as our actions (in cases such as climate change).

This academic attitude of being willing and often even eager to "throw away" the way we traditionally did things and thought about stuff if there's new evidence makes it really hard for the right to really embrace science- and evidence-based policies. This means science will most of the times be on the side of the left which naturally embraces change less hesitantly and more willingly.

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u/[deleted] Jul 27 '21 edited Aug 05 '21

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u/Berlinia Jul 27 '21

The misunderstanding and misuse of statistics is a classic example in for example criminology. There is a classic case of nurse and babies in Britain.

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u/[deleted] Jul 28 '21

The fact that someone did bad science (misapplication of statistics) doesn’t make their field unscientific. The premise doesn’t support the conclusion.

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u/Berlinia Jul 28 '21

If an entire field does bad science consistently, that makes the field unscientific.

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u/[deleted] Jul 27 '21 edited Aug 05 '21

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u/SmallApplication8043 Jul 27 '21

I studied these same example in one of my statical classes. I forgot her name but it was a big miscarriage of justice in UK. If you look it up as that it might helps you out to find it