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> but instead of waiting for better data Do you mean “waiting for peer review” or “waiting for additional replication”? > they are selling their wishes as act
by guscost 6y ago
> but instead of waiting for better data
Do you mean “waiting for peer review” or “waiting for additional replication”?
> they are selling their wishes as actual fact.
“First, a few caveats: Both studies are based on small sample sizes and neither have yet been vetted by peer review.”
- HarryHirsch 6y agoDo you mean “waiting for peer review” or “waiting for additional replication”? That's kind of the same here. Peer review is a very low bar, it just assures that the grossest nonsense doesn't appear in print. The real review happens afterwards when others try to built on a piece of science. Right now we have a really daring hypothesis supported by extremely weak data, and the downside risks are too high to let that guide policy. We had that before. Anyone remember that paper suggesting that the virus won't spread in a hot climate? The US government liked the idea while Europe went for containment and look where we are. "First, a few caveats: Both studies are based on small sample sizes and neither have yet been vetted by peer review." The usual disclaimer for plausible deniability. In Plain English: "Here's crass nonsense that we like because we are paid for it"