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samoan62's avatar

I wasn't aware that Unz funded research. Has he funded anyone else?

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Meng Hu's avatar

I'm almost "fine" with points 2 and 3 because researchers hardly admit their mistakes especially if they have strong ideology they want to push. It's very true in economics, in the past I mostly found myself discussing with economists who refuse to admit their errors likely because it's going to shake the foundation of their principles. And we also know egalitarian researchers in psychology who did much worse than this.

However with respect to the first point, it's indeed pretty bad because it's not easy to get funds for this line of research, so wasting the money even a "tiny" amount can be detrimental. I didn't know Rushton wasted money like this (but I did know about him using money for sending copies of his book). I still appreciate his contribution. Not just intriguing but also important.

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