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I’m doubting what parent says, why would I need to disprove if they’re going by handwavy articles and personal anecdata?
by euroPoor 7y ago
I’m doubting what parent says, why would I need to disprove if they’re going by handwavy articles and personal anecdata?
- traverseda 7y agoI think we've provided some evidence that suggests there at least might be a problem. Publishing a rigorous scientific paper saying "well look, here's the problem" is going to be difficult, given the issues such a paper would address. It could be career suicide if handled indelicately. Given that we have weak evidence that there is a problem, the burden of proof is now on you to provide stronger evidence that there isn't a problem, unless we have a strong prior for there not being a problem or something. Applying higher standards to things you disagree with is a great way to end up biased. If you require a well reviewed research paper showing that there is a problem, you should also require a similar paper showing you there isn't a problem. At the very least trying to provide a counter viewpoint to the evidence you've already being presented with would be polite.
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