# Social science experiments #DeSci #DeSocSci By [Mars Robertson](https://paragraph.com/@dearmoon) · 2023-07-26 --- I have overheard some theories. They pass my plausible / interesting filter and I’m genuinely curious. But there is no obvious way of fact-checking and verifying. I would like to see the raw data. Either find an existing research study or design a new one. Probably create a new one, in the spirit of **#DeSci**, avoiding all sorts of trouble: * IRB: institutional review board * Access to funding * Access to publishing * Publish or perish, no incentive for replication * No obligatory pre-registration… _(data does not fit preconceived outcome so reject the study)_ And then some problems related not only to science and academia: * Shadowbanning from Google * Cancel culture * Too afraid to offend anyone I genuinely would like to know, dig to the bottom of it. I talk openly about legalisation of cannabis ([ending “war on drugs”](https://mirror.xyz/dearmoon.eth/ZCEdD5Kmh7D8tODeOfcxgqZC3DY4cTMC2awu5x6_P2I)) and I’m aware of the biases: [https://psychology.stackexchange.com/questions/28088/what-is-the-name-of-the-tendency-to-portray-oneself-in-the-positive-light/28364](https://psychology.stackexchange.com/questions/28088/what-is-the-name-of-the-tendency-to-portray-oneself-in-the-positive-light/28364) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silent\_majority](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silent_majority) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List\_of\_cognitive\_biases](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cognitive_biases) Why #DeSci matters? ------------------- [https://twitter.com/vincentweisser/status/1681365463622615063](https://twitter.com/vincentweisser/status/1681365463622615063) Article from 2016 but still pretty accurate: [https://www.vox.com/2016/7/14/12016710/science-challeges-research-funding-peer-review-process](https://www.vox.com/2016/7/14/12016710/science-challeges-research-funding-peer-review-process) You can call me names --------------------- Terrorist, peadephible, Putin supporter, half-nephew of Hitler, I can even apply to work for police to accomplish the worst possible jail status ever: “cop informant paedophile” _(I can add some aggravating factors if needed too)_ But more seriously… I’m aware someone may not like questions and I’m aware that I might be portrayed in negative light: ![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/482c0b1bc58386cdccfd9eb3d6c4078c702e0bd6fa5275a4beff86a1a8150d76.png) Super open and inclusive ------------------------ Diversity as competitive advantage, more diverse point of views, broader network. Refugees as resourceful risk-taking entrepreneurs There is one race, human race. Radical inclusivity, I genuinely couldn’t care less as long as your breath doesn’t smell like rotten eggs. An example where diversity not required: 3 guys working in a garage, putting long hours in the startup, all of them from Poland. To introduce someone who doesn’t speak Polish and require all the communication to be in English, via Zoom, 8 timezones difference - counterproductive. In fact I’ve approached one of the very few black people at a conference. I was genuinely curious about them, asked them what do you do: **“I work here”** (as a waiter). I’m not perpetuating stereotypes, I talk about my approach and independently obtained data point. This is a blockchain publishing platform (unlikely to get cancelled) and I’ll be using throwaway Google account - this in case you “report to Google” and they block my account. With that said, here are a few research questions that I would like to address, figure out, despite the fear of being cancelled. ![Source: https://www.facebook.com/marchforscience/photos/a.318223041905350/1335564976837813/ AND https://starkeycomics.com/2021/06/11/how-a-coastline-100-million-years-ago-influences-modern-election-results-in-alabama/](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/23e4e371d7601632769c78a345d70ef10417dc874b3173719f8eef57b2437205.png) Source: https://www.facebook.com/marchforscience/photos/a.318223041905350/1335564976837813/ AND https://starkeycomics.com/2021/06/11/how-a-coastline-100-million-years-ago-influences-modern-election-results-in-alabama/ 1. Slaves: [en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantic\_slave\_trade](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantic_slave_trade) 2. Storing fat 3. Toxic environment 4. Attractive career path 5. Salary expectations 6. Clothing 7. Orienteering In face-2-face conversations I was able to disprove one of these theories already but still keen to test other aspects of it. **Next steps:** put all the questions in the Google Form and start collecting answers. Genuine intention ----------------- I would like to better understand what others think. I would like to obtain raw information. _(not processed by the journalistic filter, publication that is owned by someone, someone who owns fossil fuel stocks, funding climate change denial)_ [https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1664609193230204929](https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1664609193230204929) * Transgender * Transphobic * Transvestite * Meta-transphobic (fear of being accused of transphobic) I genuinely couldn’t care less. Any consenting adult should be able to do whatever they want. ![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/f0f68dab3eaefe3f5e265071fff0547985a8070809ea5e83d7883e782fb95926.png) [https://babylonbee.com/news/motorcycle-that-identifies-as-bicycle-sets-world-cycling-record](https://babylonbee.com/news/motorcycle-that-identifies-as-bicycle-sets-world-cycling-record) [![]({{DOMAIN}}/editor/youtube/play.png)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQitG3NsRdk) ![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/9035f7402fd0ffd8b44460dfdf553563d0d02f7abdb0a5278ff327b367917c22.png) Divide and conquer ------------------ This technique was working since forever: Sun Tzu, Julius Caesar, Napoleon ![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/8b14707d5e14b37473505998c9456216efee47dfe9658cc6ed96b277f42dd0e7.png) [TERF](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TERF) - trans-exclusionary radical feminist - just imagine you care about feminism - such a great way to get involved into civil war and debates: “trans women are women”? REPEAT: Super open and inclusive -------------------------------- But you can still don’t like me. If anything that I wrote triggered an emotion in you and made you think - that’s great, process of waking up, questioning - thank you so much, the pleasure is mine :) ![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/ef09b36ca9b924b07af5ff47bbc9bdd08ad6dfea44a7c3c55c9468d00e5e4bf8.png) --- *Originally published on [Mars Robertson](https://paragraph.com/@dearmoon/social-science-experiments-desci-desocsci)*