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   Omega Variant (omega_variant@nicecrew.digital)'s status on Wednesday, 12-Feb-2025 08:06:40 JST Omega Variant
   My kids do not and will not have access to social media for a very long time. If I can help it, until they are 18
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     Nicholas Conrad (nicholas@aklp.club)'s status on Wednesday, 12-Feb-2025 08:06:37 JST Nicholas Conrad

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     Literally the whole process of science is to not trust the science.

     Science is the belief in the ignorance of experts.

     When someone says, “Science teaches such and such,” he is using the word incorrectly. Science doesn’t teach anything; experience teaches it. If they say to you, “Science has shown such and such,” you might ask, “How does science show it? How did the scientists find out? How? What? Where?”

     It should not be “science has shown” but “this experiment, this effect, has shown.” And you have as much right as anyone else, upon hearing about the experiments–but be patient and listen to all the evidence–to judge whether a sensible conclusion has been arrived at.

     – Richard Feynman

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     🌲-alist (threalist@social.fbxl.net)'s status on Wednesday, 12-Feb-2025 08:06:38 JST 🌲-alist

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     > the claimed effect is twice as likely to be false as it is to be true
     
     Incredible.
     
     The science truly says "Don't trust the science."
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     Nicholas Conrad (nicholas@aklp.club)'s status on Wednesday, 12-Feb-2025 08:06:39 JST Nicholas Conrad

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     ⅔ of peer reviewed published scientific papers fail replication. That means whenever you read a "new study finds" headline, the claimed effect is twice as likely to be false as it is to be true. The effect is smaller in 'hard' sciences and most pronounced in psychology and public health fields.

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     🌲-alist (threalist@social.fbxl.net)'s status on Wednesday, 12-Feb-2025 08:06:40 JST 🌲-alist

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     "New study finds.."