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Re:We need more goat sacrifices by tjwebbnorfolk on Wednesday November 11, 2026 @12:56PM (#50456340)
yea, social science researchers are well aware of longitudinal studies that track populations over time...
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Re:We need more goat sacrifices by _heimdall on Wednesday November 11, 2026 @07:22PM (#50461077)
I assume you meant this condescending given the "..." at the end.

Longitudinal studies tracking populations over time does not imply that sociological intervention experiments, especially political ones, will be reliably recreated over time.

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Re:We need more goat sacrifices by tjwebbnorfolk on Wednesday November 11, 2026 @11:28PM (#50463086)
man ellipses are just catnip for pedants, eh? thanks for refuting absolutely nothing
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