Interesting Links for 14-09-2020

[andrewducker]

Walking to the Meadows today and Jane pointed out the German-speaking church we were passing. I had no idea such things existed!

(tags:germany German religion Scotland )

Violating international law, a fairy tale

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1305105853448585217.html
(tags:fairytale law UK Doom )

Deferral: the sociology of young trans people's epiphanies and coming out

(tags:LGBT transgender sociology )

Adults with Covid-19 about twice as likely to have dined at a restaurant

(tags:restaurant pandemic OhForFucksSake viaLilysea )

Fake science led a mom to feed bleach to her autistic sons — and police did nothing to stop her

(tags:autism children fraud medicine OhForFucksSake USA )

Brilliant ten minute deep dive into what the government is up to with regards to the Withdrawal Agreement

(tags:UK Europe law video )

How to tell hard sciences from soft ones

(tags:science comic funny )

What OCD is really like

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1305226398387310592.html
(tags:mentalhealth )

Japan trade deal commits UK to stricter state aid curbs than in EU talks

(tags:Japan Europe UK trade )

Poll warning: Government 'in deep trouble with voters' over plan to break law on Brexit Withdrawal Agreement

(tags:UK Europe crime polls )

Comments

How to tell hard sciences from soft ones

[jack]

Soft sciences are often scary not for what people successfully achieve but for what people try to do with them, eg eugenics.

Re: How to tell hard sciences from soft ones

[anna_wing]

Would eugenics count as a soft science? Gene editing is definitely hard science.

Re: How to tell hard sciences from soft ones

[jack]

Hm, yes. I guess I don't mean eugenics IS a soft science, but that when people imagine a mad scientist physicist they imagine them building a doomsday machine, but when people imagine a mad scientist anthropologist, they imagine them doing lots of harm TRYING to do eugenics, whether or not they actually have the tools to succeed.

Re: How to tell hard sciences from soft ones

[anna_wing]

Ah, I see. Also I suppose in affecting local societal definitions of 'eugenics'.