So Much Science: Anthropologist Told Not To Gender Remains Because We Don't Know How They Identified

Posted • August 18, 2024: Remember science? Remember when the pursuit of objective truth meant rationally questioning, rigorously testing hypotheses, and reporting the results without political bias? Good times. But the times, as they say, are a-changin'. Science has now become a cultish quasi-religion for the Left, and woe to those of you who don't bow down to its ever-evolving dogmas. Elizabeth Weiss, Professor Emeritus of Anthropology, had a conversation with Michael Shermer of Skeptic, and guess what -- anthropologists can't 'assume' the gender of the remains they find because we don't know if that person 'identified' as male or female. Science is dead. Wokeism killed it.

Michael Shermer @michaelshermer: “Imagine telling an archaeologist she cannot determine the sex of a skeleton thousands of years old "because we don't know how they would have self-identified" back then. My convo with Elizabeth Weiss on the Politicization of Anthropology.” -- This is going to do untold damage to not only science, but healthcare and our understanding of the world. But the Left only cares that we don't 'misgender' someone. The rest of society be damned, apparently. (…)

• More at: Twitchy - SO MUCH SCIENCE: Anthropologist Told She Can't Gender Remains Because We Don't Know How They Identified
https://twitchy.com/amy-curtis/2024/08/18/anthropologist-told-she-cannot-determine-sex-of-skeletons-because-we-dont-know-how-they-identified-n2399773
Skeptic: Bones, Bias, and Backlash: Elizabeth Weiss on the Politicization of Anthropology
https://www.skeptic.com/michael-shermer-show/elizabeth-weiss-politicization-of-anthropology/
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