Re:Insufficient Sleep Associated with Risky Teen Behavior
by ChristianBundy on Monday October 01, 2018 @03:22PM
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> subjectively problematic
I might recommend using a word more specific than "problematic" if your goal is to communicate your criticism. It's about as specific as "bad", and seems to form an in-group out-group dynamic for readers who get to fill in the gaps.
I agree with your point, so I've read your comment as "it makes your reply more biased than necessary", whereas people who disagree with you might read it as "I don't like your reply because it hurts my feelings" or some other uncharitable interpretation.
Hope this came across as a friendly recommendation! Communicating over text has so many pitfalls.
Good reply, but why rush to label potential replies as confirmation bias? That simply makes your reply more subjectively problematic. For all we know, the causation is really there. We just have no idea, for the exact reasons you've posted. It's ok to throw potential causes around.
The leverage point in a reply like yours is in getting people to interpret those replies with more clarity, which should not be confused with getting people to label a bunch of personal anecdotes as confirmation bias.