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To dismiss something because there is a lack of scientific research about it is just as irrational as believing in something despite strong evidence against it.
by tw1010 9y ago
To dismiss something because there is a lack of scientific research about it is just as irrational as believing in something despite strong evidence against it.
- astura 9y agoThe article and the person interviewed did not "dismiss something because there is a lack of scientific research about it."
- tw1010 9y agoYou are correct, there is nothing wrong with what the people in the article are saying. But I think we'd be lying to ourselves if we deny the fact that the reason this article is in discussion here on HN is in large part not because we're up in arms about the lack of scientific rigour about this niche area of knowledge, but because there is a tendency in our community (sometimes denied when explicitly pointed out) to tag things we suspect or would like to be invalid as false (rather than simply inconclusive) when there is no evidence to support it one way or another.