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Very few people who I talked to outside of HN could give me a coherent definition of a randomized controlled trial.
I'm all for people being curious, but the catch in modern society is that people also need to be honest about their own ignorance.
Because faux curiosity being used to mask discomfort in ignorance is a recipe for bad outcomes.
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Very few people who I talked to outside of HN could give me a coherent definition of a randomized controlled trial.
I'm all for people being curious, but the catch in modern society is that people also need to be honest about their own ignorance.
Because faux curiosity being used to mask discomfort in ignorance is a recipe for bad outcomes.