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On the other hand it seems there's also a lack of testing subjects. It's already frequently pointed out how medical results might not represent everyone. I woul
by blablabla123 3y ago
On the other hand it seems there's also a lack of testing subjects. It's already frequently pointed out how medical results might not represent everyone. I would also assume that e.g. pharmaceutical certification processes do apply more sophisticated statistics.
- p-e-w 3y agoThe ugly truth is that lots of "science" being done today isn't actually science – it's a performance art that superficially imitates certain behaviors that are associated with real science. And how could it be otherwise? There are nearly 10 million scientists in the world right now. And all of them are pushing out papers as fast as humanly possible. There isn't anywhere near enough statistical brainpower available to quality-control all of that. Not to mention that most people with sufficient expertise in statistics have better things to do than micromanaging science grad students who have a hard time comprehending Bayes' theorem.
- randysalami 3y agoBayes theorem for laymen? I read an AI book and it talked about how you can predict the cause from the effects given certain probabilities.