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Re:Do judges give out tougher sentences when hungry? A study... by kvee on Saturday April 08, 2023 @11:36AM (#35494314)
I think the best thing is to do more research to understand more rather than rejecting the scientific method entirely. It has and will continue to get better and better over time, with occasional regressions that may seem meaningful in the short term but are tiny blips when you zoom out. The history of science is one false theory being replaced by another that’s (usually) marginally closer to the truth.
Re:Do judges give out tougher sentences when hungry? A study... by renonce on Saturday April 08, 2023 @12:17PM (#35494754)
So someone does a single dubious research, and we follow with 3 more dubious researches to justify the first research. For each of these 3 dubious researches we have to do 3 more to ensure their credibility. And the number of researches grows exponentially while the research quality doesn't improve at all.
Re:Do judges give out tougher sentences when hungry? A study... by ren_engineer on Saturday April 08, 2023 @02:37PM (#35496251)
peer review only really took off in the last few decades and it has been a disaster. Nothing about my post says anything about the scientific method, it's about sham fields that lack rigor and use cartels of influence to push each others pet theories to support their own ideologies.
Re:Do judges give out tougher sentences when hungry? A study... by nativeit on Saturday April 08, 2023 @05:06PM (#35497634)
Well this is somewhat ironic, but “citation needed” on that first statement.
Re:Do judges give out tougher sentences when hungry? A study... by ren_engineer on Saturday April 08, 2023 @10:23PM (#35499549)
simplest is a visualization of the term usage - https://scalar.usc.edu/works/the-art-of-academic-peer-review...

but looking at the criticism and history sections of the wikipedia page will cover it in more detail. It basically promotes gatekeeping and group think, as seen with the Alzheimer's research issue which wasted billions of dollars and slowed progress by decades via effectively an academic cartel. Funding becoming tied to publication which relies on peer review made things worse

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scholarly_peer_review