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Re:The bullshit-jobs thesis may be bullshit by tchalla on Friday June 04, 2021 @07:51AM (#27392655)
In this case, they are reporting on a specific research which was published 2d ago.

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/09500170211015...

Re:The bullshit-jobs thesis may be bullshit by world_peace42 on Friday June 04, 2021 @07:59AM (#27392719)
Yes, I read the article. I'm confused; is this supposed to constitute a rebuttal?
Re:The bullshit-jobs thesis may be bullshit by petra on Friday June 04, 2021 @08:01AM (#27392734)
Research can have biases too.
Re:The bullshit-jobs thesis may be bullshit by tchalla on Friday June 04, 2021 @08:07AM (#27392769)
Of course! Everything can have a bias - that's well understood. Just because something can have one, doesn't mean it does. If one finds bias in the research methods or data in the article - one can conduct their own study and submit their results. Ironically, the research from Cambridge talks about a bias in the original thesis of "BS jobs".