• AndyLikesCandy@reddthat.com
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    1 year 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.

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      1 year ago

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

      Because your statement offers no viable alternative and basically condemns following scientific literature unless you are a trained professional on the grounds that some studies might be flawed.

      Which is what I tried to point out in both of my prior comments to no avail.

      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.

      That question is impossible to answer. Even if we were only talking about the US, but much less globally. What we can agree on is that it's probably not enough in most places.

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

      And the attitude of "one study has been flawed so I won't trust science ever again" is something that you predict to be a better viable alternative?