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One of the things I find surprising about the way we do science today, is the idea that "data is king" and that it "speaks for itself". In reality, data devoid
by whack 9y ago
One of the things I find surprising about the way we do science today, is the idea that "data is king" and that it "speaks for itself". In reality, data devoid of context, is absolutely meaningless. If the goal of scientific researchers and journals is to promote good science, it's absolutely shocking that practices such as pre-registration of hypothesis and methodologies, are still completely optional.
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- make3 9y agoI'd be surprised if anyone is really arguing that the context of data is not important.
- whack 9y agoAnd yet, practices like pre-registration of hypotheses are still not widespread. If they did, it would eliminate so much of the cherry-picking of data that occurs. https://xkcd.com/882/ https://xkcd.com/882/