If a politically incorrect view turned out to be correct, is it right to pretend it's wrong?

[LUCIEN]

Disclaimer: I'm not endorsing any view of supremacy, I'm just saying there are studies which show certain things, and people fight them. If they were true, would you say it's best to deny them?

There are politically incorrect views about racial, ethnic, and national differences which liberals fight hard to disprove, and conservatives fight hard to support. They range from things like racial differences in intelligence, ethnic differences in mathematics, gender differences in driving, and national differences in male anatomy. Some of the things that my fellow sociologists try to disprove, like the alarmingly strong correlation between national origin and male body parts, are fiercely criticized.

While the views about the legitimacy of the science in any one of these areas is a common topic of discussion, I want to gauge the opinions here about whether you think believing it's wrong is better, even if that's untrue.

My own view is that it would depend on the society. For any country, like Canada, trying to push multiculturalism, it's a necessary lie. Asian investors are huge here, especially in housing. If the schools or the government outright said studies show asian men are slackin, it would be a huge problem politically. Even if, hypothetically, it were generally true. Likewise, if White dudes are the bulk of crackheads, coming out and saying 70% or more of crackheads are bald white dudes would get people mad, even if you could prove it's right.

Is the lie better than the truth when it hurts unity?

 

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It doesn't have to "be somethin"

The fact that people are so weirded out by pointing out these differences could be said to be a problem. There's evidence that based on certain evolutionary/genetic factors, and a lack of cultural primacy, alcohol is far more likely to produce alcoholism in some ethnic groups than in others. If we close our eyes and pretend this doesn't exist, for the sake of being politically correct, that just lets the problem get worse instead of allowing us to do something about it, either through the production of better alcoholic products, enzymatic liquors, or outright gene therapy (the future is now).

 

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It doesn't have to "be somethin"

The fact that people are so weirded out by pointing out these differences could be said to be a problem. There's evidence that based on certain evolutionary/genetic factors, and a lack of cultural primacy, alcohol is far more likely to produce alcoholism in some ethnic groups than in others. If we close our eyes and pretend this doesn't exist, for the sake of being politically correct, that just lets the problem get worse instead of allowing us to do something about it, either through the production of better alcoholic products, enzymatic liquors, or outright gene therapy (the future is now).

I'm not here to judge you fam,...I just think your initial approach is asking for conflict, without that being your intention.