If you believe that stereotypes are Bayesian evidence for the ground truth, then good science is more likely to match stereotypes, and thus, science that smashes stereotypes is less likely to be good science.
Depends on what you mean by “stereotype”.
If everyone says that Welsh corgis weigh less than one ton, that is good evidence that they do weigh less than one ton.
However, if a group of loud Greens says that Blues are whiny, I am not so sure that this is good evidence that Blues are whiny. I think it is more likely to be something other than evidence — for instance, a rhetorical tactic to encourage Greens to steal Blues’ stuff and discourage Blues from complaining about it.
I expect there to be plenty of low-quality motivated search. That is not surprising. I also expect that if Greens hold a stereotype about the lived experience of Blues that is contrary to Blues’ reports of their own lived experience, the Greens’ stereotype is screened off as evidence by the Blues’ experience.
Depends on what you mean by “stereotype”.
If everyone says that Welsh corgis weigh less than one ton, that is good evidence that they do weigh less than one ton.
However, if a group of loud Greens says that Blues are whiny, I am not so sure that this is good evidence that Blues are whiny. I think it is more likely to be something other than evidence — for instance, a rhetorical tactic to encourage Greens to steal Blues’ stuff and discourage Blues from complaining about it.
I expect there to be plenty of low-quality motivated search. That is not surprising. I also expect that if Greens hold a stereotype about the lived experience of Blues that is contrary to Blues’ reports of their own lived experience, the Greens’ stereotype is screened off as evidence by the Blues’ experience.