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Replication crisis, my arse (mander.xyz)

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[-] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 40 points 16 hours ago

Good science doesn't start with biases friend.

[-] Holytimes@sh.itjust.works 19 points 13 hours ago

Good science will use previous norms, findings and general trends to provide a more useful starting point tho.

[-] wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 19 points 16 hours ago

Good science starts from the body of evidence we already know, creates a plausible hypothesis, and then tests that hypothesis to see whether it can be disproven.

We don't say "hey, maybe gravity isn't real so to be unbiased I need to assume it's not and test every other possibility before determining what keeps making these bricks fall on my head every time I throw them up in the air"

No need to reinvent the wheel for every experiment.

[-] nightofmichelinstars@sopuli.xyz 4 points 15 hours ago

Depends on how much tuna you want to eat in the process, shits be dammed. Optimize for quantity of fish consumed.

[-] wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 3 points 14 hours ago

I'll eat tuna from somewhere that doesn't give me bad tuna...

[-] Texas_Hangover@lemmy.radio 2 points 14 hours ago

Quite the sense of humor you've cultivated there.

[-] wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 3 points 13 hours ago

I don't need humor, I just need unspoiled tuna.

[-] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 3 points 15 hours ago

Maybe not the greatest example since we don't fully understand gravity. ”good" in the sense of being expedient, affordable and conventional. Sometimes approaching unsolved problems without the constraints of prior constructs can lead to better understanding.

Also, vegetables usually are the culprits anyways.

[-] wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 1 points 14 hours ago

Okay, but they can focus on experiments designed to determine whether gravity is caused by quantum mechanics or relativity or something else. They don't need to drop bricks on their heads just to prove newtonian physics...