andrewducker | Interesting Links for 14-09-2020

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
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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
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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 )

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

anna_wing

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

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.

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

Edited Date: 2020-09-16 06:13 am (UTC)

Very cool, if true

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