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Re:Gov Parson pushes to prosecute reporter who found securit... by bialpio on Thursday October 21, 2021 @02:19PM (#28948753)
I don't think this is true. If a scientist follows the methodology correctly, they are not malicious. And if they are not following the scientific method, then they are not scientists. The trick is to figure out which self-proclaimed scientists, aren't.
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Re:Gov Parson pushes to prosecute reporter who found securit... by rpmisms on Thursday October 21, 2021 @04:49PM (#28950661)
Andrew Wakefield?
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Re:Gov Parson pushes to prosecute reporter who found securit... by bialpio on Thursday October 21, 2021 @08:31PM (#28952509)
My point is that he stopped being a scientist the moment he stopped using scientific method, it just took a while for the rest of the world to realize that.
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Re:Gov Parson pushes to prosecute reporter who found securit... by rpmisms on Thursday October 21, 2021 @09:37PM (#28952867)
Ah, so they're only a researcher as long as you want them to be? My point stands, attacking a researcher is not inherently anti-scientific, and attacking their research is... well, it's good science.
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Re:Gov Parson pushes to prosecute reporter who found securit... by bialpio on Saturday October 23, 2021 @03:24AM (#28966420)
No, they are not being researchers the moment they stopped doing research (e.g. by manipulating the results). They can call themselves however they want, until someone calls out their BS. There's a reason why we want to see the methodology used and that the results are reproduced. Questioning a scientist is not an attack, you're actually doing them a favor (I'd like to be told if I'm wrong).
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