Re:Can a Font Make Us Believe Something Is True?
by Aeolun on Sunday May 24, 2015 @11:56PM
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Just because it's not a true scientific experiment, that does not necessarily mean that it's uncertain.
That said, I'd rather people say this, than that they don't mention any uncertainty at all.
Re:Can a Font Make Us Believe Something Is True?
by trombone8 on Monday May 25, 2015 @10:44AM
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Simply saying "this is uncertain information" does not absolve the use of "truth" and "prove" without qualifiers as the text does.
Except for that mention the text does not act like there are any uncertainty, hence the mention is a simple and dishonest cover-your-ass.
"Now, Morris is the first to admit that this wasn’t exactly a true scientific experiment, but you know what? That’s okay! Because the findings are still fascinating."
without dying of embarrassment? It is equivalent to:
"Hey, this next bit might not be true but that doesn't matter because it's a good story!"
Its just offensive to so blatantly mention the unreliability of the findings and then go on to dismiss the notion of uncertainty entirely in the remaining text. Why did he even put in that mention?!