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Also if they’re wrong (those being contrarian) who cares? Hypothesis and there’s should be able to defend themselves rationally against any attacks if they can
by edgyquant 5y ago
Also if they’re wrong (those being contrarian) who cares? Hypothesis and there’s should be able to defend themselves rationally against any attacks if they can’t then they are not studied well enough to have rigorously tested the hypothesis
At least imo, sure misinformation is one thing but if we’re talking about other scientists I assume, not some layman on facebook
- kspacewalk2 5y agoOnce the mud slinging stuff like "he's a scientific racist!" comes out (especially when it's clear the author would vehemently disagree with the label), you gotta somewhat adjust your Bayesian priors that the person slinging the mud isn't doing it because he ran out of rational arguments.
- amusedcyclist 5y agoUsing the word bayesian doesn't make you sound smart, You might want to try something new