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Science is based on observations. And I hope you realize the pseudoscience is far worse than anecdote (which is a personal observation). Furthermore, economic
by manigandham 6y ago
Science is based on observations. And I hope you realize the pseudoscience is far worse than anecdote (which is a personal observation).
Furthermore, economic depressions lead to suffering and death. This is a fact that's widely known and studied. Ignoring all the coming secondary effects to focus on only acute deaths from a single cause is clearly not scientific either.
- boomboomsubban 6y agoScience is based on observations, an observation isn't science. That article was taking one data point, assuming the same thing was happening everywhere, and decided there was only one possible cause.
- manigandham 6y agoThen it's not pseudoscience either. Why so much resistance to an observation if you accept it is as such?
- boomboomsubban 6y agoTaking one observation and assuming it applies everywhere with one possible cause is pseudoscience. If the article just said "we've seen a lot of suicides, here's how to get help" I would have no problems with it.