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Here is a publication of the SA article's author in which she and her co-author explain their "default human" critique in more detail (linked in the SA article)
by lqet 5y ago
Here is a publication of the SA article's author in which she and her co-author explain their "default human" critique in more detail (linked in the SA article).
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2021.675788/full https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2021.6757...
I only skimmed the text. The normal distribution isn't mentioned, but if you combine the SA article with this text (which is linked in the SA article as a reference for her normal distribution critique), it gives the impression that the author somehow thinks that the normal distribution is intentionally "engineered" / "used" as a tool of suppression.
- systemvoltage 5y agoWait what the hell? Someone should tell the author that normal distribution is a property of the central limit theorem: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_limit_theorem https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_limit_theorem Take 10, 6-sided dice. Roll them all and sum the total. Do it many times and you’ll see a normal distribution magically emerge out of nothingness.
- wokwokwok 5y ago
- torstenvl 5y agoI'm not sure what you read, but I don't see any methodological critique of other studies' statistics. The link under discussion still insists on the "myth of the default human" and has some pretty inflammatory and dishonest language. GP is exactly right.
- refurb 5y agoI didn’t read the paper I read the journal article from the author itself and it comes across a slightly insane.
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- refurb 5y agoThat article seems like a cobbled together thesis based on radical Marxism and Tweets from random people. And this author is a Professor of Nursing at UCSF? This is a person teaching our next generation of healthcare workers?
- irrational 5y agoAre nurses known for being scientifically literate? My daughter has a friend who is a nurse that worked at a hospital throughout the pandemic. She is convinced that Covid is a hoax and has thrown anti-mask parties at her house.
- refurb 5y agoIf this was a random nurse I might agree. But this person is a professor at UCSF.
- InfiniteRand 5y agoMy understanding is that Florence Nightingale was a solid statistician, of course that's just one data point https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florence_Nightingale#Statistics_and_sanitary_reform https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florence_Nightingale#Statistic...
- camgunz 5y agoThere's a "References" section where the authors list numerous things having nothing to do with radical Marxism and tweets. You're crusading real hard in this thread, maybe take it down a notch.
- askin4it 5y ago"That article seems like a cobbled together thesis based on radical Marxism and Tweets from random people." Pretty much describes journalism profession today. A jumble of fallacies suspended in a soiled tissue of pseudo-consensus. I'm sure conditions will improve as a new batch of journalists re-aligns the profession with reality.
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