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What is the value in listening to an educational podcast if I cannot be certain that the material is factual?
by chickenpotpie 2y ago
What is the value in listening to an educational podcast if I cannot be certain that the material is factual?
- Dylan16807 2y agoCertainty is too high of a bar.
- johnnyanmac 2y agoWhat use is the value of reading a journal if I cannot be certain that the material is reliably peer reviewed? I'm not sure why the podcast author is being held to a standard that should be levied to other matter experts, that come way before he ever reaches out for an interview.
- mbowcut2 2y agoThis is my main point. Seems like gripes about the quality of published research should be directed toward the publisher.
- PaulDavisThe1st 2y agoIt is factual that Langer performed a study in which X was done, Y was measured and Z was concluded. What is less clear is whether X was good experimental design, whether the measurements of Y were appropriate, relevant and correct, and thus whether or not Z can be concluded.