Vaniver comments on Rationality Quotes April 2012 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Vaniver 24 April 2012 06:17:56PM *  6 points [-]

The IAT is the best measure of 'genuinely like X people' we have now, though that's not saying much. (I believe the only place he published it is VDare, which is currently down.)

Historically, proposing policies that are set to help the specific strengths of a minority group are not generally indicative of actually positive feelings about those groups.

What are the competing hypotheses and competing observations, here?

Comment author: [deleted] 25 April 2012 05:17:13PM 1 point [-]

The IAT is the best measure of 'genuinely like X people' we have now

...for a particular value of genuine. (See this, BTW.)

Comment author: Vaniver 25 April 2012 07:43:55PM *  1 point [-]

It seems to me the natural interpretation for "genuine" is "unconscious," and if that post is relevant, it seems that it argues for more relative importance for the IAT over stated positions and opinions.