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minus-squareThatWeirdGuy1001linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down4·1 year agoExcept in this case we already knew the hypothesis was correct
minus-squarekameecoding@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·1 year agodid we? were there studies done? and if there were what’s the harm in repeating and verifying?
minus-squareCobblerScholar@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·1 year agoIn the same vein now we now exactly how much more effective it is vs alternatives. Studies often answer many questions at once even if on the face of it the study’s result seems obvious
minus-squarekameecoding@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·1 year agoyou should start at the wikipedia page for false equivalence instead
Except in this case we already knew the hypothesis was correct
did we? were there studies done? and if there were what’s the harm in repeating and verifying?
In the same vein now we now exactly how much more effective it is vs alternatives. Studies often answer many questions at once even if on the face of it the study’s result seems obvious
you should start at the wikipedia page for false equivalence instead