• teichflamme@lemm.ee
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    10 months ago

    If the study has major flaws it’s relatively easy to spot if you have an idea what to look for. You don’t need special education for that.

    It’s not even a problem if you consider reputable sources in the first place, which, again, is relatively easy to do.

    Looking at the alternative, even a flawed study is better than a simple opinion piece.

    So yeah, I disagree with everything you said basically.

    • AndyLikesCandy@reddthat.com
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      10 months ago

      You disagree with my statement that is not actually contradicted by anything in your statement, apart from your open acceptance of flawed studies?

      My question then is this: what do they teach kids to allow them to spot flaws and what do they teach them as the method for determining who is reputable? Beyes theorem? How to control for multiple variables? I don’t actually know whether they go into this or tell kids to JUST trust an authority.

      Flawed studies have done all kinds of harm over the years before being retracted. Linking vaccines to autism for one.