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Re:The Phrase "No Evidence" Is a Red Flag for Bad Science Co... by pixl97 on Monday January 08, 2024 @12:47PM (#38915483)
> that's a reasonable indication to not eat that type of carrot,

That's also why we avoided eating non-poisonous tomatoes for centuries leaving food proverbably on the table. The world experienced far more rapid progression when we started demanding reproducible evidence for reproducible events.

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Re:The Phrase "No Evidence" Is a Red Flag for Bad Science Co... by ironmagma on Monday January 08, 2024 @01:48PM (#38916311)
Which is a perfectly reasonable survival strategy. No, you might not reach a global maximum with it, but a local maximum is probably good enough in exchange for people not dying due to unknown causes.
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