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Re:The Dead Children We Must See by timeagain on Tuesday November 28, 2023 @06:11PM (#38452908)
At a deeper level, that site presupposes that quantitative data is a good way to interpret the world. (I don’t disagree, mostly!) Of course some things are easier to turn into numbers than others.
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Re:The Dead Children We Must See by natmaka on Tuesday November 28, 2023 @10:14PM (#38455022)
For some data there are multiples discordant sources, or critics directed to the unique source. Selecting (and therefore neglecting some) isn't neutral either. A real (non-disputable) consensus is very rare.
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