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Re:Chart of the Decade: Why You Shouldn’t Trust Every Scient... by KineticLensman on Friday November 09, 2018 @02:25AM (#18412888)
Yes. Science can be an adversarial process as people converge on the truth. Like a legal trial, you shouldn't take out of context any single statement from a defence or proceution lawyer as representative of the whole truth
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Re:Chart of the Decade: Why You Shouldn’t Trust Every Scient... by saalweachter on Friday November 09, 2018 @08:26AM (#18414145)
Or it’s like seeing one great play in the middle of the game. It may be a beautiful play, it might have scored the team you’re rooting for a point, but until you know the whole game you don’t know who won.
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Re:Chart of the Decade: Why You Shouldn’t Trust Every Scient... by gitgud on Friday November 09, 2018 @06:46AM (#18413789)
That is a great analogy, just like scientific studies a defence or prosecution can argue to win, but in the end it's usually the evidence that swings the case...
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