disturbing study - Can You Tell The Difference Between quotes from A Men’s Magazine And A Rapist?

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33. nonsense. if an academic is trying to support a particular conclusion, it's up to them to

provide sufficient quality evidence and a sound methodology. if the evidence isn't there, if the methodology is unsound, the critic need not do additional research or counter-study or provide additional evidence. the critic need simply point out that the original work does not meet the high standard of academic rigor.

this study (at least as represented here) is academically worthless for several reasons, not the least of which is that the basic logic is fallacious.

we're to think that there's something heinous about lad's mags just because people can't distinguish the speaker from some rapists' quotes?

well, i'm sure people couldn't distinguish their choice of breakfast cereals, favorite sitcoms, or brand of jeans either. most likely because these are simply not among the characteristics that distinguish rapists from lad's mag readers, or anyone else for that matter. similarly, there's nothing substantive in this article that suggests that the selected quotes in any way ought to aid in the task of identifying the appropriate speaker.

had they used some known list of standard quotes, about which there had been a great deal of academic work supporting certain conclusions, then we might have something. but as it is, it's worthless.