aluren

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   by aluren 8y ago

   Regarding "literally everyone does it" (fishing for results, removing negative ones, and so on): it's very true, and much more prevalent than what people think. Even at top-level universities with big shots. Especially at t
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   by aluren 8y ago

   "Arthur reached out for the bedside light, not expecting it to come on. To his surprise it did. This appealed to Arthur’s sense of logic. Since the Electricity Board cut him off without fail every time he paid his bill, it seemed only
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   by aluren 8y ago

   I never said it was a bad analogy, I even used a rather positive word ('seductive'). It is overrated, though, and it does stop making sense sooner than many people think. What I'm really saying is that relying on this analo
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   by aluren 8y ago

   The point isn't that Lucas should break the law; the point is that the laws are stupid and should be changed, as illustrated by the egregious situation one can be found in when making a simple mistake. 'Appeal to emotion' her
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   by aluren 8y ago

   I hope you won't take it personally because you're far from the only one to say it (and I would have refrained from posting if I hadn't seen people taking this further in this thread), but I really wish people stopped using t
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   by aluren 8y ago

   It is the very first step to all kinds of genetic analyses, especially for anything comparative. Usually with most species, we only have access to 'bits' of the genome rather than the whole chromosomes - a shortcoming of current s