The Phrase "No Evidence" Is a Red Flag for Bad Science Communication

Re:The Phrase "No Evidence" Is a Red Flag for Bad Science Co... by soerxpso on Monday January 08, 2024 @10:47AM (#38913636)

> In the sciences, "someone says" is the lowest form of evidence there is. It is so close to "no evidence" that we simply disregard it without further thought.

Not really. "Someone says they conducted an experiment in a certain way and the data they gathered was as follows:" is still a form of "someone says You're trusting that they aren't lying about their data (and they often are).

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Re:The Phrase "No Evidence" Is a Red Flag for Bad Science Co... by pixl97 on Monday January 08, 2024 @01:11PM (#38915804)

In science the point of someone saying they conducted an experiment in a certain way is so you can also perform said experiment and reproduce their evidence. If you choose to or not is a different story.

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Re:The Phrase "No Evidence" Is a Red Flag for Bad Science Co... by soerxpso on Tuesday January 09, 2024 @12:25AM (#38922671)

I don't think I'd be able to believe more than maybe 0.0001% of true scientific claims if I had to use an epistemological system where I only believe results I've personally replicated. Am I supposed to build my own version of the large hadron collider in order to believe in modern particle physics?

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