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Scientists were reproducing each others work before statistics was a thing. Whatever "statistical can of worms" there is regarding it sounds like a problem with

by nonbel 8y ago

Scientists were reproducing each others work before statistics was a thing. Whatever "statistical can of worms" there is regarding it sounds like a problem with the statistics being used rather than science.

raverbashing 8y ago
> Scientists were reproducing each others work before statistics was a thing They were also doing that before Popper was a thing. > Whatever "statistical can of worms" there is regarding it sounds like a problem with the statistics being used rather than science. Not really. It's easier to prove "Drug X cures dying from disease Y 99% of the time" than "Drug X solves issue Y 30% of the time only in individuals with a certain combination of characteristics".
- nonbel 8y ago
  > Scientists were reproducing each others work before statistics was a thing They were also doing that before Popper was a thing. Yes, but not sure why you are pointing that out. > Whatever "statistical can of worms" there is regarding it sounds like a problem with the statistics being used rather than science. Not really. It's easier to prove "Drug X cures dying from disease Y 99% of the time" than "Drug X solves issue Y 30% of the time only in individuals with a certain combination of characteristics". If you had a complete understanding you would only apply the drug when it would work and have 100% success rate.
  - raverbashing 8y ago
    > If you had a complete understanding you would only apply the drug when it would work and have 100% success rate. There is no way to have 100% understanding of a specific person to have a designer drug for every condition. Not even Aspirin is 100% effective nor we have a complete understanding of how it works (though there were some discoveries on that regard around 20yrs ago, I think) It's hard for physics and it's impossible for biology (and other fields) to come up with completely accurate predictions.
    - nonbel 8y ago
      Designing reproducible experiments and making accurate predictions are both important, but they are totally different things. Somehow you've combined them into one concept.

by nonbel 8y ago

raverbashing 8y ago

> Scientists were reproducing each others work before statistics was a thing They were also doing that before Popper was a thing. > Whatever "statistical can of worms" there is regarding it sounds like a problem with the statistics being used rather than science. Not really. It's easier to prove "Drug X cures dying from disease Y 99% of the time" than "Drug X solves issue Y 30% of the time only in individuals with a certain combination of characteristics".

nonbel 8y ago
> Scientists were reproducing each others work before statistics was a thing They were also doing that before Popper was a thing. Yes, but not sure why you are pointing that out. > Whatever "statistical can of worms" there is regarding it sounds like a problem with the statistics being used rather than science. Not really. It's easier to prove "Drug X cures dying from disease Y 99% of the time" than "Drug X solves issue Y 30% of the time only in individuals with a certain combination of characteristics". If you had a complete understanding you would only apply the drug when it would work and have 100% success rate.
- raverbashing 8y ago
  > If you had a complete understanding you would only apply the drug when it would work and have 100% success rate. There is no way to have 100% understanding of a specific person to have a designer drug for every condition. Not even Aspirin is 100% effective nor we have a complete understanding of how it works (though there were some discoveries on that regard around 20yrs ago, I think) It's hard for physics and it's impossible for biology (and other fields) to come up with completely accurate predictions.
  - nonbel 8y ago
    Designing reproducible experiments and making accurate predictions are both important, but they are totally different things. Somehow you've combined them into one concept.