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My favorite thing about 'study finds' articles on HN is that I get to read the comments and see people instantly tell me why the article (or sometimes paper as
by ve55 6y ago
My favorite thing about 'study finds' articles on HN is that I get to read the comments and see people instantly tell me why the article (or sometimes paper as well) is terrible.
I mean this sincerely too, since it's a very low-effort and quick way to find what is often some pretty critical flaws in the presented conclusions.
- kevinyun 6y agoI appreciate this on the S1 filing threads where you can get some deep anecdotal insights on companies that you would have otherwise never been able to find through research.
- SkyMarshal 6y agoSame. Also, even studies without obvious flaws need to be reproduced with same results multiple times before we can start accepting the conclusion. A single study is at best suggestive.
- chiefalchemist 6y agoPerhaps. But in this case, 15 ppl is not a "study". Furthermore, this had no control group. This is not the type of information we come to HN for.
- pizza 6y agoWait a little longer and you'll almost surely get comments pointing out why the top comments are bad as well lol :)
- say_it_as_it_is 6y agoIf the study was about covid vaccinations, would you decide not to get a shot based on what an anonymous person on HN thought? The diffusion of expert opinions here makes it hard to take seriously.