Public Policy
89 entries in this category
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Benefits of Mass Migration Outweigh CostsImmigration is inherently and reliably economically positive regardless of scale, composition, or management.
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Affirmative Action Causes No Reverse DiscriminationCivil rights protections and affirmative action do not discriminate against white people.
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Gender Care Ethical for Dysphoric KidsGender-affirming medical interventions for children with gender dysphoria satisfy basic standards of medical ethics on risk versus benefit.
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Policing Disparities Prove DiscriminationDisproportionate police searches of Black and Latino drivers indicate intentional racial discrimination unrelated to crime rates.
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Diversity is Our StrengthDiversity, particularly racial diversity achieved by reducing the proportion of white people, is a great strength that fosters creativity, dynamism, and moral progress.
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Anti-Bias Training WorksDiversity, equity, and inclusion trainings effectively reduce bias and discriminatory behavior.
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Race-IQ Inquiry Must Be SilencedOpen discussion and research on race differences in IQ are so dangerous that they justify censorship, institutional bans, or self-imposed ignorance to prevent racism and stereotypes.
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Immigration Compensates for Low Birth RateImmigration is needed to compensate for low birth rates and solve population decline.
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Test-Blind Admissions Promote EquityEliminating standardized testing in college admissions would promote racial equity without harming academic preparation.
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Ending Immigration Restrictions Would Not Cause ChaosReversing Trump-era immigration restrictions would increase border crossings modestly without provoking political crisis.
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Grooming Gangs are a Moral PanicThe Muslim grooming gang panic is a moral panic alleging that Asian men are sexually abusing young White girls in the United Kingdom.
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Implicit Bias Test Predicts DiscriminationThe Implicit Association Test measures unconscious racial bias that causes discriminatory behavior.
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Racial Demographic Change Will Not Cause UpheavalRacial and ethnic demographic change in Western nations is inherently manageable and will not produce significant social disruption.
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Gender Pay Gap Proves DiscriminationWomen earn substantially less than men due to workplace discrimination rather than career choices and job differences.
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Poverty Drives Urban HomicidesPoverty, inequality, and deprivation are the root causes of high homicide rates.
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Structural Racism Causes Health InequitiesStructural racism is a fundamental cause of health inequities.
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Post-Apartheid South Africa Safe for WhitesWhite residents and farmers in post-apartheid South Africa would live safely under black majority rule through liberal coexistence.
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Anti-Police Activism Cuts HomicidesReducing police presence through anti-police activism will lower violence and homicide rates in Black communities.
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Gifted Programs Shut Out MinoritiesGifted programs shut out high-performing Black and Latino children from low-income families due to systemic flaws that districts can fix.
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Black on White Crime Not a Major IssueBlack on White crime in the United States is not a socially important issue.
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Border Surge Not Key Voter IssueA surge at the border from lax immigration policies would not be an important issue to most voters, and stronger enforcement would alienate Latino and progressive voters.
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Social Media Safe for AdolescentsSocial media is a reasonably safe consumer product for children and adolescents even when used heavily.
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White Flight Driven by BigotryWhite residents fled urban neighborhoods due to irrational racist stereotypes about black crime and disorder when blacks moved in during the mid-20th century.
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Disinformation Research is ApoliticalAnti-disinformation efforts are an unbiased, politically neutral enterprise concerned with detecting and combatting lies.
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Black-White IQ Gap is 100% EnvironmentalThe Black-White IQ gap is entirely caused by environmental factors like socioeconomic status and education.
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Learning Styles Improve Instruction OutcomesMatching teaching methods to students' preferred learning styles such as visual, auditory, or kinesthetic enhances learning outcomes.
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School Spending Closes Racial GapsRacial gaps in school achievement are primarily caused by lower spending on black students, and increasing spending will narrow those gaps.
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BLM Not Responsible for Homicide SpikeThe spike in homicides in 2020 occurred started before George Floyd's death on May 25.
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SAT/ACT Scores Are Biased PredictorsStandardized test scores like SAT/ACT are less predictive of college success than high school GPA and exhibit bias against disadvantaged or minority students.
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Places Drive Homicide DifferencesDifferences in firearm homicide rates between adjacent neighborhoods are primarily caused by environmental features of places rather than differences in people.
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America Faces STEM ShortageThe US faces a massive shortage of STEM workers that justifies expanding the H-1B visa program.
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Microaggressions Cause Mental Health HarmMicroaggressions cause harm and have negative impacts on health and mental health, as inferred from correlations in nonexperimental studies.
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Airport Profiling is Racial DiscriminationAirport security must avoid profiling Arab or Middle Eastern-looking travelers to prevent racial discrimination and disparate impact.
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Grit is More Important than IQGrit is more important than IQ when you're trying to become successful.
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Schools Can Make All Students EqualSchools and equalized environments can eliminate or substantially narrow individual differences in student achievement and learning outcomes.
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3-Cueing System Helps Kids Learn to ReadChildren learn to read the same way they acquire spoken language, by guessing words from contextual, semantic, and syntactic cues rather than systematic phonics.
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Trans Skepticism Causes SuicideSkepticism of transgender ideology drives trans people to suicide and equates to genocide.
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DEI Drives Business SuccessDEI initiatives improve corporate performance, attract talent, and pose no significant legal or reputational risks.
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Racial Statistics Unnecessary When Reporting on CrimeEffective reporting on crime does not require public acknowledgment of racial disparities in crime rates.
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Segregation Harms Black Children's Self-EsteemThe Clark doll experiment proved that segregation caused black children to develop low self-esteem and prefer white dolls over brown ones.
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Blacks Receive Harsher SentencesBlack and Latino defendants receive harsher sentences than Whites or Asians for most crimes.
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Iraq Invasion Would Stabilize RegionOverthrowing Saddam Hussein would replace his government with a stable pro-US regime without causing chaos or fragmentation.
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Federal Cuts Like Twitter LayoffsDrastic staff reductions in federal agencies succeed the same way as in private companies like Twitter.
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Food Aid Would End Somalia FamineDelivering food shipments protected by international peacekeepers will feed Somalia's starving children and resolve the famine.
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Universal Health Standards Fit All RacesClinical standards like growth charts and BMI thresholds assume a single human prototype applicable across all populations regardless of ancestry.
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Honest Race Discussion Bad StrategyOpenly discussing race differences in intelligence and outcomes repels allies, alienates voters, and weakens efforts against progressivism.
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Bank Deregulation Modernizes FinanceDeregulating banking through laws encouraging mergers and failures would consolidate and strengthen the sector for a modern economy.
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IQ Tests Are Inaccurate or BiasedIQ testing is a pseudoscientific hoax that measures arbitrary puzzle-solving ability rather than genuine, hereditary intelligence predictive of life outcomes.
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Marshmallow Test Predicts Life SuccessThe length of time children delay eating a marshmallow predicts their long-term success in life.
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Gender is a Social ConstructGender is a social construct distinct from biological sex.
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No Racial Differences in Athletic AbilityRacial gaps in athletic performance such as West African dominance in sprinting and East African dominance in distance running stem from culture, stereotypes, or environment rather than genetics.
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Flynn Effect Shows Real IQ GainsMean IQ scores rose substantially during the 20th century due to a genuine increase in the capacity for intelligence.
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Education Builds Human CapitalEducation causally builds human capital and productivity through skills learned in school, driving economic growth and labor market returns.
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Diverse Essential Workers Should be Vaccinated Before SeniorsVaccinating essential workers before seniors would best promote equity and save more lives despite data showing higher deaths.
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System 1 Thinking Causes Irrational ViolenceHuman errors, biases, and violence stem from fast System 1 thinking that can be corrected by deliberate System 2 reflection.
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Partisan Activism Safe for Academic OrganizationsAcademic organizations like the AAUP can engage in uncritical partisan politics using the cover of academic freedom without inviting harmful external interventions.
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Willpower Builds Long-Term SuccessExercising state self-control through willpower in the moment reliably leads to long-term success and better life outcomes.
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Wrong Side of HistoryTraditionalist views are on the wrong side of history and destined for moral condemnation by future generations.
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Economics Explains EverythingEconomic models with unrealistic assumptions accurately predict economic outcomes and human behavior across all domains.
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The End of HistoryLiberal democracy is the endpoint of mankind’s ideological evolution and final form of human government.
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Myers-Briggs Reveals True PersonalityThe Myers-Briggs Type Indicator reliably measures personality and predicts job performance, compatibility, and life outcomes by sorting people into 16 distinct types.
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Biden Not Suffering From Cognitive DeclineConcerns that Joe Biden is experiencing cognitive decline or senility constitute a false narrative spread by misinformation.
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Mass Graves Found at Residential SchoolsGround-penetrating radar discovered mass graves of hundreds of Indigenous children at former residential school sites.
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Peer Review Filters for QualityPeer review reliably filters scientific manuscripts for methodological quality through objective inter-rater agreement among reviewers.
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Students Benefit from Integrated SchoolsStudents benefit academically and socially from racially integrated schools.
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Rising Diagnoses Signal Mental Illness EpidemicSharp increases in mental health diagnoses among children reflect a genuine surge in the prevalence of mental disorders.
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Israel Serves US Strategic InterestsUnwavering US support for Israel advances American national security and interests in the Middle East.
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There is no housing bubble (2008)Rising housing prices before 2008 reflected economic fundamentals with no bubble present.
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Skull Shape Reveals Mental FacultiesThe contours of the skull reveal the size of brain organs responsible for specific mental faculties and personality traits.
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Transference Drives PsychotherapyClients unconsciously project past figures' feelings onto therapists, a core mechanism resolvable for cure in psychodynamic therapy.
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Mississippi Miracle is RealMississippi's rise in fourth-grade NAEP reading scores reflects real improvement.
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Parents Primarily Shape ChildrenChildren turn out the way they do primarily because of their parents' child-rearing styles.
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Lab Studies Predict Real BehaviorControlled lab experiments in social psychology reliably demonstrate effects that occur and matter in the real world.
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Overpopulation Will Cause Mass StarvationPopulation increases in geometric progression while food production increases only in arithmetic progression, inevitably leading to famine and poverty unless checked by preventive or positive measures...
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Stereotype Threat Impairs PerformanceReminding people of negative group stereotypes subtly causes them to underperform on relevant tasks like math.
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Economics Alone Drives Urban DeclinePopulation decline in major American cities stems primarily from economic shifts like factory closures and job losses rather than high murder rates.
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Multiculturalism Builds Social HarmonyMulticulturalism successfully manages ethnic diversity by fostering harmony through separate communities sharing a national myth.
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Income Inequality Drives CrimeHigher income inequality leads to more crime by increasing criminal payoffs and reducing opportunity costs.
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Prohibition Heals Social IllsProhibiting alcohol will cure societal problems like alcoholism, domestic violence, and political corruption.
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Sexual Assaults Increase in Europe Not From ImmigrationThe increase in sexual assaults in Europe is not due to immigration.
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Primitive Communism Was IdealForaging societies practiced a primitive communism representing humanity's natural species being, which modern communism scales up to eliminate oppression and achieve utopia.
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Iraq Had WMDs and Al-Qaeda TiesIraq possessed weapons of mass destruction and Saddam Hussein supported al-Qaeda.
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Murder Rates Are Accurate Proxy for CrimeMurder rates accurately reflect overall crime and disorder levels across time and between countries.
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Foreign Assistance Pulls Africa Out of PovertyForeign aid and reparations will kickstart economic growth and lift developing countries out of poverty.
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Undocumented Immigrants Number 11 MillionThere are approximately 11 million undocumented immigrants residing in the United States.
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Lysenko's Methods Boost Crop YieldsLysenko's techniques like vernalization and species transformation dramatically increase crop yields by allowing inheritance of acquired characteristics.
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Chemical Imbalance Causes DepressionDepression stems from a chemical imbalance in the brain that antidepressants correct through biological mechanisms.
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Theory of Multiple IntelligencesHuman potential is best understood through at least eight distinct, semi-autonomous cognitive abilities
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Classical Standard Errors Accurately Measure UncertaintyClassical standard errors provide reliable measures of uncertainty in regression coefficients because data noise is evenly distributed across observations.