Topic: Political Ideology

A 1999 Seattle ordinance banning discrimination based on political ideology could provide a legal avenue for companies like Parler to sue Amazon. Former professor John West suggests that because Amazon is headquartered in Seattle, it must adhere to these fair contracting laws, which allow for punitive damages.

The website Retraction Watch reports on the correction of several scientific papers that originally claimed conservative beliefs were linked to psychoticism. The corrected data actually suggests that liberal political beliefs are more closely linked to these traits. The hosts discuss the "crisis in science" regarding data manipulation and p-values.