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Re:Statistics have lost their power (2017) by glofish on Monday October 28, 2019 @02:53PM (#21380239)
the problem is that in many (most cases?) even trained scientist would have a hard time deciding which statements are statistically valid.

There are endless ways to be unintentionally obscure, to semi-intentionally obfuscate or to just flat out lie. And it very hard to tell these apart - one would need to dedicate more effort than usually worth.

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Re:Statistics have lost their power (2017) by lotsofpulp on Monday October 28, 2019 @03:39PM (#21380722)
That's why we have organizations like the CDC, FDA, NHTSA, etc. We have the internet, cheap computing and storage of data, so it should all be transparent. Countries verifying claims independently goes a long way too.

And obviously (sweeping) results from health related experiments should obviously be met with skepticism considering the complex nature of the problem.

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