This wasn't an academic study with empirical conclusions. On Jan 13, 2011, at 7:28 PM, Volokh, Eugene wrote:
> 3. But say that it’s false, and that this behavior isn’t more > common among Muslims than among others. How can we possibly know that, if > it’s a crime to challenge this orthodoxy? Social science facts, like other > scientific facts, can only be established through a process of argument and > counterargument. A study that shows there’s no problem among Muslims is > credible only if we know that people are free to challenge the study, make > rival claims, design studies that are aimed to show the contrary, and so on. > If it’s a crime to argue one position, then we can never know with any > confidence that the opposite position is correct. -- Prof. Steven D. Jamar vox: 202-806-8017 Associate Director, Institute for Intellectual Property and Social Justice http://iipsj.org Howard University School of Law fax: 202-806-8567 http://iipsj.com/SDJ/ "The aim of education must be the training of independently acting and thinking individuals who, however, see in the service to the community their highest life achievement." Albert Einstein
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