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And this comment reminds me of one of my favorite articles I've seen linked from HN, "The Control Group Is Out of Control", relating to parapsychology as the co

by feoren 4y ago

And this comment reminds me of one of my favorite articles I've seen linked from HN, "The Control Group Is Out of Control", relating to parapsychology as the control group for science and how that's not actually necessarily looking great for science itself: https://slatestarcodex.com/2014/04/28/the-control-group-is-out-of-control/ https://slatestarcodex.com/2014/04/28/the-control-group-is-o...

closeparen 4y ago
> It just means that the standard statistical methods of science are so weak and flawed as to permit a field of study to sustain itself in the complete absence of any subject matter.