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Personally I think it's valid to consider selection-bias effects in authorship -- in general, things are written by the people who are the most excited about th
by kmod 4y ago
Personally I think it's valid to consider selection-bias effects in authorship -- in general, things are written by the people who are the most excited about the topic, which leads to there being a bias towards excitement. I don't think it invalidates the research but it feels like a valid point.
I think an interesting observation is that this anti-psychedelics post is written by someone who doesn't even want to try them, so this argument of his also says to treat this blog post with skepticism.
- monktastic1 4y agoMy qualm isn't about whether it introduces bias, but why it does. The example he gave implies that the only possible reason is a _religious_ one, and that's not fair.