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can you please cite your source? was the refutation also published in a peer reviewed journal?
by modzu 8y ago
can you please cite your source? was the refutation also published in a peer reviewed journal?
- modzu 8y agodidnt think so. hundreds of comments, some lengthy, and nobody knows whats really going on? also, i mean, maybe some cynicism ought to be tolerated if misinformation is? its hard work to do real, rigorous science, which is what journals like nature represent. but then we have this echo chamber in here where its been "refuted" by internet experts in their parents basements? (allegorical). i know there are/used to be educated people on hn, not just businesspersons. where did they go? hn is ostensibly about intellectual curiosity. but you cant actually satisfy intellectual curiosity with makebelieve. someone has to stand up for the truth, and for the blood and sweat that makes discovering truth possible: the scientific method. starting from doubt or skepticism, form a hypothesis, test it: observe and predict. theorize. replicate. repeat.
- once_inc 8y agoThe refutation (https://medium.com/coinmonks/the-reports-of-bitcoin-environmental-damage-are-garbage-5a93d32c2d7 https://medium.com/coinmonks/the-reports-of-bitcoin-environm...) is a medium article. Please try not to let that influence your opinion about the article though, because it does rightly point out the flaws in the original calculations, and the validity of the peer review of the original article.