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Aug 19, 2021Liked by Athena Walker

Grotesque. Some things don't need to be proven by studies and legitimately are just part of accumulated human wisdom. That repeatedly telling children negative things about themselves will get you that result should have been in that category.

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Aug 18, 2021Liked by Athena Walker

Man those poor kids. To me this illustrates the importance of being kind. Thank you for another very well written, informative article.

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Aug 18, 2021Liked by Athena Walker

Frak those guys -- I mean scientists. I would be curious to know the valuable data gained. That you can terrorize children into problems they didn't have previously?

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Aug 18, 2021Liked by Athena Walker

Maybe a similar mechanism causes children to be shy. I think people can have an introverted personality type but no one is naturally shy.

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Aug 18, 2021Liked by Athena Walker

It's terrible when medical research gets the best of humanity like this. Luckily, we now have bioethics and its Kantian formulation. Unluckily, it's not fully clear if those considerations in medical experiments are nowadays observed beyond a surface level.

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Aug 18, 2021Liked by Athena Walker

In my eyes, The Monster Study was outrageous. What a horrible thing to do to the self-confidence of those children--of course, it could not be undone. How cruel. I fail to understand what was gained by this study.

I am glad you shared it.

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Rather like Snow White statue blinking this story made my hair stand up and my lip snarl but not in a fun way.

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Aug 24, 2021Liked by Athena Walker

Wow that was interesting! Thank you! I didn't know of this study. Sadly many of the "best scientific" discoveries done on human subjects were down right cruel and inhumane, but from whom we still benefit today. (think Austwich and Mengele etc..) However was it worth it, when thinking about the lives they ruined? I'd say no.

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Ughh, You talk about such generic nonsense; no rhyme or rhythm. JK, have fun on this platform it's more expansive than the sheer volume of adage on your quora space. Prototypical of the boring female narcissist(not npd b/w.)

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