The Scientific American is Officially a Joke December 27, 2017 Daniel Greenfield
I've written about the descent of the formerly prestigious Scientific American into social justice blogging before. But this jumps the shark. And all the starving polar bears on the ice floes. And Al Gore's mansion and private jet.
Zitat Men Resist Green Behavior as Un-Manly
Please, tell us more.
Zitat Our own research suggests an additional possibility: men may shun eco-friendly behavior because of what it conveys about their masculinity.
Like caring more about brand virtue signaling than doing anything useful?
But surely this is based on solid research. After all, research was clearly mentioned.
Zitat In one study, we threatened the masculinity of male participants by showing them a pink gift card with a floral design and asking them to imagine using the card to purchase three products (lamp, backpack, and batteries). Compared to men shown a standard gift card, threatened men were more likely to choose the non-green rather than green version of each item. The idea that emasculated men try to reassert their masculinity through non-environmentally-friendly choices suggests that in addition to littering, wasting water, or using too much electricity, one could harm the environment merely by making men feel feminine.
This comes from two associate professors of marketing. Their solution is to put more wolves on eco-friendly products. That will be less threatening.
At the end of the article, there's this notice. "Are you a scientist who specializes in neuroscience, cognitive science, or psychology? And have you read a recent peer-reviewed paper that you would like to write about?"
If you're a marketing scientist who specializes in putting wolf virtue signaling, please send your peer-reviewed paper to the Scientific American.
Many examples of partisan hacks soliciting "good" science, which is by definition, science that comes to their foregone conclusion.
"The demographic most opposed to President Trump is not a racial minority, but a cultural elite." Daniel Greenberg
"Failure to adequately denounce Islamic extremism, not only denies the existence of an absolute moral wrong but inherently diminishes our chances of defeating it." Tulsi Gabbard
"It’s a movement comprised of Americans from all races, religions, backgrounds and beliefs, who want and expect our government to serve the people, and serve the people it will." Donald Trump's Victory Speech 11/9/16
INSIDE EVERY LIBERAL IS A TOTALITARIAN SCREAMING TO GET OUT -- Frontpage mag