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Re:If you think psychological science is bad, imagine how ba... by lotsofpulp on Wednesday June 16, 2021 @12:47PM (#27530614)
A good rule of thumb is to assume increasing probabilities of bullshit for subjects further to the left on this scale:

https://xkcd.com/435/

Even biology outside of a cellular level is already above 50% BS for me. It is just insanely difficult to have the necessary controls.

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Re:If you think psychological science is bad, imagine how ba... by bgandrew on Wednesday June 16, 2021 @03:31PM (#27532486)
On cellular level too! I remember looking at some summarising paper on Duchenne muscular dystrophy for educational purposes. There was a question regarding concentration of certain molecule inside affected muscle cells. 5 papers were quoted - 3 were showing that the concentration is way above normal if DMD is present while other 2 were showing complete opposite. You can not imagine anything like that in math or physics.
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