So... you would trust the research skills of the folks who perpetrated the holocaust.
The simple answer to this is: Don't believe what evil people tell you. We can't use the research from the holocaust because, despite the fact that the Nazi doctors kept careful records, we don't know if they maintained proper experimental control and were dispassionate about their subject (they were clearly not).
It is very likely (in fact, almost certain) that they let their prejudices get in the way of their experimental design, observation, record keeping (all data which contradicts my thesis is hereby declared an outlier and discarded), and conclusions.
The holocaust was a tragedy. Using the "experimental data" would only compound it by perpetuating the prejudices of the evil men who conducted the experiments.
Slashdot Mirror
So... you would trust the research skills of the folks who perpetrated the holocaust.
The simple answer to this is: Don't believe what evil people tell you. We can't use the research from the holocaust because, despite the fact that the Nazi doctors kept careful records, we don't know if they maintained proper experimental control and were dispassionate about their subject (they were clearly not).
It is very likely (in fact, almost certain) that they let their prejudices get in the way of their experimental design, observation, record keeping (all data which contradicts my thesis is hereby declared an outlier and discarded), and conclusions.
The holocaust was a tragedy. Using the "experimental data" would only compound it by perpetuating the prejudices of the evil men who conducted the experiments.