I had the story about the experiments wrong, but I had the jist of it right. Updated with the true story of the study, which doesn’t change the theme that the outrage around this study is pretty much bullshit. This is a major revision.
The revision to the race riot post is less serious, but it still adds a lot of crucial context.
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