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if cold plunges either killed people or revived them from the dead, this would be a great analogy.
by ambicapter 2y ago
if cold plunges either killed people or revived them from the dead, this would be a great analogy.
- mewpmewp2 2y agoAnother low stake option. 5 of your friends each say that restaurant A is horrible and restaurant B was great. You have to pick a restaurant. Are you going to throw dice because these are just anecdotes and don't matter?
- Retric 2y agoCarful, now you’re leaving random antidotes. A specific restaurant is an actual place so if someone describes the decor and prices yesterday it’s not going to be wildly different when you show up tomorrow.
- mewpmewp2 2y agoIs there a paper supporting that position of yours? I would like to see a study highlighting that restaurants are unlikely to change in time.
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- hollerith 2y agoI'm not eating anything till I see a peer-reviewed study demonstrating that the verbal reports about restaurant decor made by my family members or the guys I ride bikes with on weekends have any actual correlation with actual restaurant decor. Where is the hard, non-anecdotal evidence?
- mewpmewp2 2y agoIt also needs evaluation beyond subjective reports, as food taste is known to be highly prone to placebo. Until an objective device for evaluating the taste is found I believe it would be completely unscientific to take a bite or even smell the food since that is also known to affect taste.