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

Re:Daniel Kahneman “I placed too much faith in underpowered ... by icelancer on Tuesday September 12, 2017 @06:15PM (#15233417)

>>I don't have a better way to say this. Trust me, I've tried to find one.

>>Science has, in many ways, taken on some of the characteristics of religion.

There is no better way to put it. I have said this the same way. There is a growing sentiment of a "science clergy," a bureaucracy that controls Truth (tm).

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Re:Daniel Kahneman “I placed too much faith in underpowered ... by KGIII on Tuesday September 12, 2017 @06:21PM (#15233477)

Men in lab coats have become the new priests, handing down ordained works for the masses and being held up on a pedestal.

I say this as a scientist.

It's almost as strange as how people will ask me medical questions when I'm introduced as Dr. KGIII. I can kinda understand when people ask me things outside my discipline, but I'm the last person you want to ask about your medical problems.

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