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How internet porn caused the rise of Donald Trump
« on: February 28, 2017, 10:13:35 AM »
Article in The Guardian science section:-

How internet porn caused the rise of Donald Trump
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Re: How internet porn caused the rise of Donald Trump
« Reply #1 on: February 28, 2017, 05:07:57 PM »
I read that. Seems to be stretching a point but some truth in it.
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Re: How internet porn caused the rise of Donald Trump
« Reply #2 on: March 01, 2017, 12:47:27 PM »
Well, I thought it was a fun way to make quite a serious point (entirely contained in the last section):-

But isn’t this claim … ridiculous?

Of course it is. No part of this argument stands up to scrutiny. It’s just a smattering of basic neuroscience combined with a very simplistic (and somewhat harsh maybe) portrayal of pornography...
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This article just is an example of how easy it is to create a valid-sounding theory by forming a conclusion and reverse engineering it, cherry-picking things that back it up from the vast amount of data available. I cynically picked porn and Trump because those are two extremely popular search terms right now, so people are more likely to read it, but it could have been anything: how renewable energy lead to Labour’s Copeland by-election defeat. How feminism caused the Oscars announcement chaos.
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Re: How internet porn caused the rise of Donald Trump
« Reply #3 on: March 01, 2017, 01:00:39 PM »
Well ... I never watch internet porn ... so it was obviously rubbish. 

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Re: How internet porn caused the rise of Donald Trump
« Reply #4 on: March 01, 2017, 07:18:47 PM »
I like it. It's a good article.

I think when it comes to unsettling events one reason we seek an explanation is that we want to stop it from happening again.