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>> If a study doesn't pass the smell test, is not easily reproducible, and I have no personally trusted people who can vouch for the findings, then - yes - my feelings matter more.
> Are you fucking stupid? They’re doing just that, but in the opposite direction
I don't think you read what I wrote in any attempt to understand.
The argument is that a person can value their own experiences more than data, and not that their experiences are convincing to other people.
It doesn't bother me that someone feels their anecdotal experience in their social circles is completely different from the data shared. The original data could be slanted, the social circle could be different, and it's an opportunity - not something that needs to be shouted down because of "the data".
Even assuming the data is correct, having a potential population in which it is different would be of far greater interest than flexing about the supposed absolute truth of the data.
dang|2 years ago
https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
jbm|2 years ago
> Are you fucking stupid? They’re doing just that, but in the opposite direction
I don't think you read what I wrote in any attempt to understand.
The argument is that a person can value their own experiences more than data, and not that their experiences are convincing to other people.
It doesn't bother me that someone feels their anecdotal experience in their social circles is completely different from the data shared. The original data could be slanted, the social circle could be different, and it's an opportunity - not something that needs to be shouted down because of "the data".
Even assuming the data is correct, having a potential population in which it is different would be of far greater interest than flexing about the supposed absolute truth of the data.
ryandrake|2 years ago