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At this point I feel like most posts titled "Study suggests..." should be flagged.
by davidivadavid 7y ago
At this point I feel like most posts titled "Study suggests..." should be flagged.
- raarts 7y agoCan I add the trigger words: 'could', 'might', 'possible', and 'scientists say'.
- deepsun 7y agoAnd ones ending with question mark https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteridge%27s_law_of_headlines https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteridge%27s_law_of_headli...
- jader201 7y agoYet this still has over 150 upvotes. Is the community that split in identifying whether there’s merit to such trendy studies?
- bjourne 7y agoWhy do you feel that?
- davidivadavid 7y agoEmpirically, most of them seem to emanate from unreliable, sensationalistic publications. Methodologically, "beware the man of one study," [0] especially when the language is vague ("suggests"). [0] https://slatestarcodex.com/2014/12/12/beware-the-man-of-one-study/ https://slatestarcodex.com/2014/12/12/beware-the-man-of-one-...
- bjourne 7y agoEmpirically means supported by evidence. Do you have evidence to suggest that most HN posts titled "Study suggests ..." refers to flawed studies?
- davidivadavid 7y agoEmpirically: "by means of observation or experience rather than theory or pure logic."