vividspecter@lemm.ee to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 年前Why is Riding a Bicycle in the City Turning Into a Culture Warmomentummag.comexternal-linkmessage-square178fedilinkarrow-up1355cross-posted to: bikecommuting@lemmy.worldmicromobility@lemmy.world
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minus-squaregrue@lemmy.worldMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·2 年前Consider this dichotomy: https://jalopnik.com/study-finds-cyclists-are-better-people-than-drivers-1850964103 https://www.sciencefocus.com/news/more-than-half-of-motorists-view-cyclists-as-subhuman-cockroaches
minus-squareTubularTittyFrog@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 年前i have never been called a cockroach. i have been called gay a lot though by truck drivers.
minus-squareintensely_human@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 年前Ah yes, the “science” of determining which population is composed of better people.
minus-squaregrue@lemmy.worldMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·2 年前Read the fucking article. It defines specifically what it means (civic engagement/interest in the common good, basically), and it is measurable.
minus-squareintensely_human@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 年前It’s not that there are measurable things about people that I doubt. What I doubt is that you can scientifically demonstrate that someone is better than someone else. Humanities students don’t read any more and it shows
Consider this dichotomy:
https://jalopnik.com/study-finds-cyclists-are-better-people-than-drivers-1850964103
https://www.sciencefocus.com/news/more-than-half-of-motorists-view-cyclists-as-subhuman-cockroaches
i have never been called a cockroach. i have been called gay a lot though by truck drivers.
did they honk your horn?
Ah yes, the “science” of determining which population is composed of better people.
Read the fucking article. It defines specifically what it means (civic engagement/interest in the common good, basically), and it is measurable.
It’s not that there are measurable things about people that I doubt. What I doubt is that you can scientifically demonstrate that someone is better than someone else.
Humanities students don’t read any more and it shows