"We regard political conservatism as an ideological belief system that is significantly (but not completely) related to motivational concerns having to do with the psychological management of uncertainty and fear."
This whole article is about how & whether to grapple with uncertainty & fear. There's a disposition to try to convince ourselves that the other sciences can give us good data, that research beyond just doing it is good & valuable. Get validation! That's a business cry, from people who believe in business ends. But whether these lo-fi facimilies of data really represent what the real answers are is the question.
This article tries to sell just doing it. But really, it's a hit job against the business types. It's a hit job against the non believers. Either get on the wagon & try for it, or get the heck out. Don't make the process of doing it worse. That's what most searching for validation is. This is entirely an issue of political alignment, of positive versus negative politics.
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interesting, never thought about it from the political perspective, but is an interesting lens to use.
This whole article is about how & whether to grapple with uncertainty & fear. There's a disposition to try to convince ourselves that the other sciences can give us good data, that research beyond just doing it is good & valuable. Get validation! That's a business cry, from people who believe in business ends. But whether these lo-fi facimilies of data really represent what the real answers are is the question.
This article tries to sell just doing it. But really, it's a hit job against the business types. It's a hit job against the non believers. Either get on the wagon & try for it, or get the heck out. Don't make the process of doing it worse. That's what most searching for validation is. This is entirely an issue of political alignment, of positive versus negative politics.