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Re:We’re Scientists, Moms, And We Avoid Non-GMO Products by euyyn on Monday November 07, 2016 @03:56PM (#12894988)
>> How much data is enough?

> How much data do we have?

Say we have X. Do we need 2X then? Because that's a request that never ends.

Re:We’re Scientists, Moms, And We Avoid Non-GMO Products by eanzenberg on Monday November 07, 2016 @04:33PM (#12895363)
Until it's statistically significant. And if you then ask "well do we wait for 2 sigma or 5 sigma" then you're just playing devil's advocate. Peer-reviewed science isn't perfect but it moves towards better understanding of nature.
Re:We’re Scientists, Moms, And We Avoid Non-GMO Products by Kalium on Monday November 07, 2016 @04:37PM (#12895397)
Peer-reviewed science isn't perfect. The point I was implying previously is that to many people, this means it can never provide a satisfactory answer, because the unspoken requirement is perfection.
Re:We’re Scientists, Moms, And We Avoid Non-GMO Products by eanzenberg on Monday November 07, 2016 @04:52PM (#12895527)
Right but even for life/death science such as in the medical community, drug development, space science, etc., those people who oppose any progress of science will never be satisfied with the current-day process.
Re:We’re Scientists, Moms, And We Avoid Non-GMO Products by Kalium on Monday November 07, 2016 @04:55PM (#12895561)
Precisely. I've been implying that it's a waste of effort to try to please those people. They cannot be pleased, and there are other uses for those resources.
Re:We’re Scientists, Moms, And We Avoid Non-GMO Products by marcosdumay on Monday November 07, 2016 @04:32PM (#12895354)
I'm saying that, as far as I know, X = 0. 2X won't be enough either, and you better work on getting some reasonable evidence that your data is impartial too.