That first definition is the only definition I have ever seen used by anyone not mocking a safe space . Do you have a link handy to a university policy or something similar that outlines a goal of having the sort of safe space you ' re afraid of ? <| sep |> Read the fucking text you quoted . It ' s ambiguous by using 2 words that essentially mean the opposite . Their misleadingly trying to make their results sound better than it is . First they say that the score significantly increases . then they literally say that the increase is moderate , with this referring to the score that they just said had a significant increase . This in itself being a badly worded sentence from a English and scientific point of view . Then the last sentence makes a completely impossible claim based on this single study . It ' s a badly written scientific paper and would be absolutely shit on if I ever tried present this . Have you ever presented any peer reviewed literature ? Guessing you haven ' t .