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I should be surprised. But I'm really not. I've always had an idea that facts like these were indeed true. It still upsets me to read something like this though. I wish they would just teach and leave their personal feelings aside.

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I still do not think that the polling data on its own shows that academics will use religious orientation "over and above" other available features when making decisions, especially decisions regarding hiring and promotions -- unless you posit that people are incapable of overcoming their biases.

When taken in combination with the content of the BE paper, however (which I did not read the first time around), I agree it makes a more compelling case.

As an interesting side point, I was most convinced by the fact that the BE paper used a methodology I would normally find convincing in documenting racial or gender bias. In other words, I was swayed by the novel use of an argument that I originally heard in support of my own biases.

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