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Re:What happens when children don’t have the internet for a ... by tym0 on Thursday September 15, 2016 @07:55AM (#12505279)
> The author of the experiment, a family psychologist, wanted to prove her working hypothesis that the today’s generation of young people are too often entertained by things not of their making, are incapable of finding ways to keep themselves busy, and are completely unfamiliar with the idea of the world of their imagination.

That is not how you do science.

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Re:What happens when children don’t have the internet for a ... by room271 on Thursday September 15, 2016 @08:01AM (#12505331)
Of course it is. The question is: do you accept the results even if they show against your hypothesis?
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Re:What happens when children don’t have the internet for a ... by AstralStorm on Friday September 16, 2016 @03:54AM (#12512539)
No, she directly influenced the experiment and had no control group, plus tiny homogenous sample.
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