Ask HN: How do you avoid cherry-picking data?

Re:Ask HN: How do you avoid cherry-picking data? by verganileonardo on Sunday June 07, 2020 @10:43PM (#23453097)

Follow the scientific hypothesis-driven approach.

You try to prove that your hypothesis is wrong. If you can't find evidence that your hypothesis is wrong, you can "accept" that your hypothesis is right.

This forces you to try to find holes in your logic. If you can't find any, probably it is solid.

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Re:Ask HN: How do you avoid cherry-picking data? by cczizou on Tuesday June 09, 2020 @10:29AM (#23466956)

Thanks! This is so easily forgotten.

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