https://wthrockmorton.com/2008/12/08/psychology-concept-of-the-day-confirmation-bias/ A [retired] college psychology professor's observations about public policy, mental health, sexual identity, and religious issues Thu, 18 Dec 2008 01:08:44 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://wthrockmorton.com/2008/12/08/psychology-concept-of-the-day-confirmation-bias/#comment-24294 Thu, 18 Dec 2008 01:08:44 +0000 https://www.wthrockmorton.com/?p=2593#comment-24294 @Boo: Whatever did you mean that I defend Kinsey’s work?
I was referring to the children part, not Kinsey specifically, Sorry if that was unclear. You know, like when Zucker causes kids to have anxiety attacks on seeing the color pink, and the whole “do no harm” thing gets tossed out the window because transkids are small and powerless.

]]> https://wthrockmorton.com/2008/12/08/psychology-concept-of-the-day-confirmation-bias/#comment-24293 Wed, 17 Dec 2008 20:17:37 +0000 https://www.wthrockmorton.com/?p=2593#comment-24293 I find that when there are small verses in scripture that leave a lot of doubt; it is best to let them stand on their own, rather than read too deeply between the lines.
Non sexual love between men can be better than sexual love between a man and a woman…
I think Kearns Goodwin and other historians have debunked the “Gay Abe” theory…they are not right wing, fundamentalists; just historians without a “gay axe” to grind.

]]> https://wthrockmorton.com/2008/12/08/psychology-concept-of-the-day-confirmation-bias/#comment-24292 Wed, 17 Dec 2008 19:58:05 +0000 https://www.wthrockmorton.com/?p=2593#comment-24292 For the record, I have very positive opinions of some individual ex-gays

]]> https://wthrockmorton.com/2008/12/08/psychology-concept-of-the-day-confirmation-bias/#comment-24291 Wed, 17 Dec 2008 19:19:07 +0000 https://www.wthrockmorton.com/?p=2593#comment-24291 @Boo: Whatever did you mean that I defend Kinsey’s work?

]]> https://wthrockmorton.com/2008/12/08/psychology-concept-of-the-day-confirmation-bias/#comment-24290 Wed, 17 Dec 2008 19:12:01 +0000 https://www.wthrockmorton.com/?p=2593#comment-24290 Just using an example from your own life.
Um… what “example” from my own life are you referring to? I honestly have no idea what you’re talking about.
Kinsey who used children in his experiements, mind you.
Warren, interestingly, defends this practice himself.
As far as I can recall, I’ve never said any one person or group is all bad (well, John Money comes close) or all good. I’m also not a big defender of Kinsey. He started the general trend in “sexology” of using extremely sloppy research methods to come to questionable conclusions, which reached its apothesis with John Money ruining untold thousands of lives with unecessary mutilation and lies just so he could make a name for himself, and continues today in the work of people like Ken Zucker (Let’s traumatize kids! We don’t know if it’ll change any actual outcomes, and can’t really justify why those outcomes should be changed, but not following strict gender roles is icky!) Ray Blanchard (You like to jerk off in skirts, right? Just say yes and I’ll give you the magic hormone letter. Also, transwomen should never be studied in comparison to cisgendered women, because, well, I just don’t want to.) and Michael Bailey (If I want to have sex with you, that makes you an irredeemable gay whore, although I’m still straight. If I don’t want to have sex with you, then you should just go have sex with yourself.)
Also, if you think gay people never have positive opinions of individual ex-gays, you should go check out exgaywatch.
P.S. What, pray tell, is “the lifestyle?” I myself have a lesbian sexual orientation, but apparently I am in need of guidance as to exactly what “lifestyle” this is supposed to dictate that I lead.

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