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Re:The Phrase "No Evidence" Is a Red Flag for Bad Science Co... by kortilla on Monday January 08, 2024 @09:33AM (#38912442)
No, scientific publications don’t change it unless those publications are about the claim.

A publications doesn’t give you a free pass from scrutiny.

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Re:The Phrase "No Evidence" Is a Red Flag for Bad Science Co... by remram on Monday January 08, 2024 @10:11AM (#38913026)
Publishing a claim doesn't make it the scientific truth. Case in point, the many thousands of published studies about ESP.
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Re:The Phrase "No Evidence" Is a Red Flag for Bad Science Co... by CoastalCoder on Monday January 08, 2024 @10:27AM (#38913296)
What do you mean here by "scientific truth"?

Sorry to seem pedantic, but I think it matters here since we're talking about specific meanings of terms.

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Re:The Phrase "No Evidence" Is a Red Flag for Bad Science Co... by remram on Monday January 08, 2024 @06:42PM (#38920152)
That is my point, yes. I am pointing out that there is no objective bar for a claim to be "scientific".
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