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Oh I don't want to doubt the result, I think it's probably true. I even posted this on my FB account (which I only use to bookmark and possibly spread "sciency"
by nosianu 7y ago
Oh I don't want to doubt the result, I think it's probably true. I even posted this on my FB account (which I only use to bookmark and possibly spread "sciency" links I find interesting, not for anything personal) - but then deleted it again. Because I have to admit as much as I personally like the result because it confirms my personal believes, I find the foundation the headline is based on shaky ground given that it's supposed to be science and not opinion. I can't complain about others if I find my own bias influences whether I ignore how results are obtained and just spread the headline hoping (and knowing) that other people (following my news feed) won't read the details.
- DoreenMichele 7y agoI'm pretty socially observant and my adult sons are rather aspie. In raising them, I had to really up my game for trying to find data and explanations for social things. I once had a conversation with my oldest where I tried to say something like "anger is like fire" as a metaphor and he leapt to some conclusion like "so, you rub two people together and they explode?" Um, no. Forget that metaphor. Let me get back to you. So we spend a lot of time talking about both social things and how to find actually good information and data because psych studies are so often terribly done and they are inherently hard to do well because most studies are de facto a form of manipulation, which itself pollutes the data.