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Re:Observations from People Watching by lapcat on Sunday May 11, 2025 @09:12AM (#43953600)
Where did I say that the word "observation" was inappropriate? I'm certainly not denying that the author observed a bunch of people at weddings. My criticism is that these observations are insufficient to read accurately "into the hearts and minds of strangers".
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Re:Observations from People Watching by antonchekhov on Sunday May 11, 2025 @09:35AM (#43953734)
Then what did your second sentence ["These are not scientific observations in any sense. What does the author do to confirm or refute her psychological theories about others?"] intend?

> She's very good at telling stories, but these stories feel like fiction, not hard fact.

There was no claim of objective fact. This is a Substack piece, not a peer-reviewed submission to "Nature" journal.

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Re:Observations from People Watching by lapcat on Sunday May 11, 2025 @09:47AM (#43953805)
> This is a Substack piece, not a peer-reviewed submission to "Nature" journal.

Are you suggesting that we can't criticize the crap people say on Substack?

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