Kulturkampf

[DavidCroquet]

I will say if the study happened as presented, it kind of sounds flawed, like yes obviously if you give someone leading literature they're going to have it rolling around in their head for at least as long as they're a captive audience

maybe that's the point, it just feels weird

if you force someone to read a paper that presents a strong argument that people named Sam have a tendency to be evil and sadistic, and then have them read a story about two anonymous people and ask which of them is more likely to be named Sam, obviously they're going to take what they just read into account

I think that sort of supports the point?

Imagine you work at a place that has occasional HR reminders about Evil Sam, along with quarterly required trainings that go more in depth Evil Sam. The general staff is going to analyze basically every interaction via the Evil Sam mental model.

"Wait...did she say her name was SAMantha?"