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03:14, 25 February 2012Armondikov (Talk | contribs)New reply created (Reply to 1-star reviews)
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12:19, 24 February 2012Sophie Wilder (Talk | contribs)New reply created (Reply to 1-star reviews)
08:50, 24 February 2012Armondikov (Talk | contribs)New reply created (Reply to 1-star reviews)
08:46, 24 February 2012Armondikov (Talk | contribs)New reply created (Reply to 1-star reviews)
05:26, 24 February 2012Nebuchadnezzar (Talk | contribs)New reply created (Reply to 1-star reviews)
03:34, 24 February 2012WaitingforGodot (Talk | contribs)New reply created (Reply to 1-star reviews)
02:14, 24 February 2012Nebuchadnezzar (Talk | contribs)New thread created 

I remember you said something about using the 1-star reviews on Amazon -- I found a great one on Gould's Mismeasure of Man, emphasis "mein": "I recommend instead books that are sound on these issues: Why Race matters (by Michael Levin); Race, Evolution and Behavior : A Life History Perspective (by J. P. Rushton); Mein Kampf; The Real American Dilemma: Race, Immigration, and the Future of America (by Jared Taylor.)"

Nebuchadnezzar (talk)02:14, 24 February 2012

I love how science is always right... till it contradicts what *I* believe.

Pink mowse.pngGodotGrow a vagina03:34, 24 February 2012

Hey, me too! It's so convenient.

Nebuchadnezzar (talk)05:26, 24 February 2012

Because the 1-star trick totally works. Though I fear such reviews might be soon replaced by a simply dichotomy of like/dislike as in practice no one really works outside of a 4 point system anyway. You know, like Strictly Come Dancing judges only really scoring between 7 and 10 even though in theory they have 1-10 to play with? Pretty soon the entire world will be just one big thumbs up button that we kick any time we're feeling anything slightly stronger than pure ambivalence about something.

Scarlet A.pngd hominem08:46, 24 February 2012

Gaaah, a tvtropes link! I curse you for eternity! click...click...click..click...

Sophiebecause liberals12:19, 24 February 2012

Sorry, should have put the warning up. At least it wasn't to Oglaf.

Scarlet A.pngtheist12:27, 24 February 2012
 

what is teh one star trick, by the way?

Pink mowse.pngGodotGrow a vagina03:08, 25 February 2012

Only read 1-star reviews. They're a far better (and funnier) indicator of whether something is good or not than the 5-star ones, where it's slightly more difficult to tell well reasoned praise from the musings of a gushing sycophant.

Scarlet A.pngpostate03:14, 25 February 2012
 
 
 
 

"DON'T TRUST THIS BOOK! Scientists are now discovering that Gould misrepresented the science to fit his radical Marxist ideologies!"

In my experience, being accused of being a Marxist (unless you actually are Marx) is synonymous with being right.

Scarlet A.pngmoral08:50, 24 February 2012

Actually, the part of the book on Morton's skulls has been debunked. I don't know why he even went after that, though, since cranial capacity is not a proxy measure for intelligence anyway. Now it's a whipping boy of the self-proclaimed "racial realists," because if one of Gould's arguments was wrong, he was obviously just a PC-Marxist hack and racism is not racist.

Nebuchadnezzar (talk)19:10, 24 February 2012

the funny thing is that the guy who's review you found is a real nut job. self styled "self educated biologist", math person who has discovred some new math or something. click his link to find out about him

Pink mowse.pngGodotGrow a vagina03:07, 25 February 2012
 
 
 
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