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Re:Associations of egg consumption with cardiovascular disease by mr_spothawk on Wednesday May 23, 2018 @07:32AM (#17133222)
> I've realized the first reaction to a paper should be doubt

appreciating the reminder

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Re:Associations of egg consumption with cardiovascular disease by jl2718 on Wednesday May 23, 2018 @08:53AM (#17133714)
In sociology, the opposite is almost always true, in psychology, it’s usually false, in medicine, maybe half true, but what about machine learning?
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Re:Associations of egg consumption with cardiovascular disease by samfriedman on Wednesday May 23, 2018 @09:56AM (#17134187)
>what about machine learning?

The results are probably real, but maybe not for the reasons the author suggests.

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Re:Associations of egg consumption with cardiovascular disease by andrewprock on Wednesday May 23, 2018 @10:18AM (#17134356)
And here we have the clearest demonstration of confirmation bias.
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