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We’re told to ‘follow the science’ – yet some of it is just plain wrong
- jtdev 5y agoIt’s really a terrible thing for the cause of Science. Many politically motivated groups and individuals are currently using “Science” as a cudgel to beat the non-conformists into conformity and silence those who demand scientific rigor.
- tester34 5y ago>With modern tools, it’s easy to torture a data set to produce some sort of interesting-sounding result, even if it’s not really valid. And that’s before we get as far as outright fraud. Sounds like a quote from "Statistics done wrong" which is full of examples like that
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- louisanicola 5y agoImpressive! Completely agree
- fabiofzero 5y agoNew York Post. Nope.