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I can't say I thought I'd ever read another not 'want to put a bullet in my head' Salon article in my lifetime! But that was good. This comment from another re

I can't say I thought I'd ever read another not 'want to put a bullet in my head' Salon article in my lifetime! But that was good. This comment from another researcher I think is the problem "I'm not an enthusiast," We need to say, "This paper is fucking bullshit" I understand these offhandish comments work might within a community as a gentlemanly code. But these dam articles circle the blogersphere for decades. These are worrying - "We have therefore considered, in our analyses, four different proton variables" "We hence decided to investigate 5 conditions" I'd say they certainly are reading tea leaves. But there's nothing in it for me to sit down and prove that properly.

aw1621107 6y ago
> We need to say, "This paper is fucking bullshit" > I understand these offhandish comments work might within a community as a gentlemanly code. But these dam articles circle the blogersphere for decades. One guess might be that stronger criticism might be avoided until a more thorough analysis/a replication attempt might be made. That reduces the possibility that something is misunderstood, and ensures strong claims ("this is absolute nonsense") have good evidence ("because the statistical tests they use are not appropriate for this data", or "because the method they claim to use does not produce their claimed results"). Curious if this is ever going to see a thorough debunking.