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JakobVirgil · 4567 days ago · link · · parent · post: Survey finds that social psychologists admit to anti-conservative bias
What does quite conservative mean?
Rejects evolution or supports the Forbes tax? The second I could spend time with.
In a very selfish way departments hire the folks they would like to spend time with all other things being equal. A Brietbart style scrapper would not add much to a department either would a person that thought the antidote for bias to to spin as hard as you can in the other direction was a good way to fix it. I also think that since Social Psychologist undermine classical economics would cause a person who religiously believes in it (as the quite conservative seem to be required to) not a very good Social Psychologist. It is kinda why creationists have a hard time getting positions in anthro.