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A direct conclusion. The insight I'll draw from that is that academia gives voice to the results the current zeitgeist finds interesting and believable without
by d-us-vb 6mo ago
A direct conclusion. The insight I'll draw from that is that academia gives voice to the results the current zeitgeist finds interesting and believable without properly verifying the evidence.
See also the replication crisis.
- watwut 6mo agoFamous experiments are not chosen by academia. They are chosen by non academics. What you usually find is academics being much more reserved and more critical of these then journalists, bloggers or random commenters on HN.
- r-w 6mo agoI don't know about "much more reserved"... Citation needed. In the absence of evidence otherwise I assume academics are just people.
- watwut 6mo agoYes they are just people - people who are much close to the topic then random commenters on HN. Frankly, you made up accusation of academics from nothing and without bothering to check what they generally say. You just made it up
- Dylan16807 6mo agoWhat accusation did r-w make...?
- wredcoll 6mo agoI don't think academia runs fox news and cnn but I'll withhold judgement
- r-w 6mo agos/voice/authority/