Daniel Kahneman “I placed too much faith in underpowered studies”

Re:Daniel Kahneman “I placed too much faith in underpowered ... by feral on Tuesday September 12, 2017 @04:47PM (#15232467)

What are you trying to say here? That if a fact (such as that a particular field spins tenuous research into facts - let's assume that's a fact) happens to lead us to a conclusion we don't like, we should 'be careful' and pretend the fact is untrue? That's obviously horrifically unscientific.

Or is this the point you are making, and you are expressing a climate-change-denying position, really obtusely? If so, it's on you to show climate science is 'spinning tenuous research into facts'.

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Re:Daniel Kahneman “I placed too much faith in underpowered ... by tertius on Tuesday September 12, 2017 @08:15PM (#15234310)

> happens to lead us to a conclusion we don't like, we should 'be careful' and pretend the fact is untrue?

Reduce that to:

> happens to lead us to a conclusion we don't like, we should be careful especially given the immense political pressure both within science and in governments.

Liking has little to do with it.

Those who are purists also don't like that others question dogma.

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Re:Daniel Kahneman “I placed too much faith in underpowered ... by lotsoflumens on Tuesday September 12, 2017 @07:31PM (#15234010)

I think it's just very subtle sarcasm that these are dangerous thoughts in a world where thought-crime is real.

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