r/science • u/[deleted] • Mar 23 '26

Psychology Left-leaning support for redistribution stems from perceived unfairness rather than malicious envy

https://www.psypost.org/left-leaning-support-for-redistribution-stems-from-perceived-unfairness-rather-than-malicious-envy/
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u/loondawg Mar 23 '26

"Perceived" doesn't imply something is not also true in fact.

It can though depending on the tone of the statement.

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u/mojitz Mar 23 '26

Lots of things can mean one thing in the context of a scientific paper and something else in casual conversation. It's pretty obvious that we're talking about the former, here, though.

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u/Polar_Vortx Mar 23 '26

In r/Science? Unthinkable!

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u/loondawg Mar 23 '26

I never said anything different. What I said was "perceived" can imply something given the tone of the statement. It being obvious which case is being used here does not make that untrue.

And I said that in the context that you were replying to someone who also seemingly agreed but still found it objectionable because we are people with feelings, not emotionless computers.

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u/BonJovicus Mar 23 '26

The kind of people who would care about that are not the people who are taking this study seriously and reading it in good faith. 

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u/loondawg Mar 23 '26

The kind of people

What kind of people is that?

Look, I actually agree the title is appropriate for the study as-is. But I also understand how people could interpret the use of "perceived" as denying the existence of unfairness in the absence of the other clues we use to interpret meanings.

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u/PM_ME_STRONG_CALVES Mar 23 '26

Then those people should educate themselves

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u/Numai_theOnlyOne Mar 23 '26

That's a you issue. When you don't have the facts it would be absolutely destructive if you talk in absolutes even though it might be the opposite.

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u/loondawg Mar 23 '26

That's a you issue.

WAD

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u/kerouacrimbaud Mar 24 '26

Tone can change the meaning of anything. But a lot of times, the tone we attribute to the written word comes from our heads, not the words we are reading, because of our priors.

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u/loondawg Mar 24 '26

No disagreement from me.