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Sure is lovely when a bunch of non-experts decide to chime in on a nuanced subject. Imagine a bunch of plant biologists congregated on a discussion board to mak
by algoatecorn 4y ago
Sure is lovely when a bunch of non-experts decide to chime in on a nuanced subject. Imagine a bunch of plant biologists congregated on a discussion board to make sweeping claims about SaaS or whatever your area of expertise is. Hilarious.
Even appealing to literature is limited by your knowledge background. Spend a few years in the field and you will realize that some studies are good and some are bad. Some indicate negative effects under incomparable conditions. Some are good. Some are just plain kooky.
- yakshaving_jgt 4y ago> Spend a few years in the field and you will realize that some studies are good and some are bad. On this topic, I highly recommend Bad Science by Ben Goldacre. It's a brilliant read.
- Demonsult 4y agoWhen experts do chime in, they're blasted as shills. Have fun finding someone who is truly an expert yet has no connection to the industry that uses the technology.
- algoatecorn 4y agoIt's tricky because you can be well informed without being biased. In the case of glyphosate, it just so happens that being well informed comes off as shilling because the genpop conjecture is void of nuance
- lispisok 4y agoYou just described so many HN threads.