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Re:Evidence that parasite prevalence predicts authoritariani... by brabel on Sunday March 15, 2020 @12:32PM (#22584342)
If you read the study, this is obviously addressed - please try to provide specific feedback on the methodology they used that you feel do not address your concerns rather than assuming the authors did not consider obvious points.
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Re:Evidence that parasite prevalence predicts authoritariani... by ukabwlsbeux on Sunday March 15, 2020 @02:12PM (#22585326)
Low power study, sample size of 31, p-value of 0.04, and a regression stating that somehow gdp per capita, gini coefficient were not significant?

Shrug. Sounds tenuous.

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Re:Evidence that parasite prevalence predicts authoritariani... by dang on Sunday March 15, 2020 @02:40PM (#22585577)
"Please don't post shallow dismissals, especially of other people's work. A good critical comment teaches us something."

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

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Re:Evidence that parasite prevalence predicts authoritariani... by ukabwlsbeux on Sunday March 15, 2020 @09:41PM (#22588832)
Respectfully I don’t think that was particularly shallow. Those are a lot of shaky numbers. They are not convincing of much.
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