Some scientists think...

[Gfamily]

https://twitter.com/micefearboggis/stat ... 1670001667

[Boustrophedon]

Nice find.

[IvanV]

When I read "Some scientists think", two things tend to come to mind.
One is "It would be good idea if they all did".
The other is "If only a minority them think it, why don't the others? Does it lie in their range of expertise and are they competent?"

The phrase is often, in practice, used to try and persuade you something that is bollocks. The continuation in that twitter thread was a bit of a surprise.

[Holylol]

When I read "Some scientists think", two things tend to come to mind.
One is "It would be good idea if they all did".
The other is "If only a minority them think it, why don't the others? Does it lie in their range of expertise and are they competent?"

The phrase is often, in practice, used to try and persuade you something that is bollocks. The continuation in that twitter thread was a bit of a surprise.

"A study says"...

[dyqik]

"A study says"...

...that x may help prevent/cause y.

[The study then goes on to determine that the evidence for x preventing/causing y is inconclusive, and more research will be required, e.g. by funding the authors latest grant application.]

[Woodchopper]

https://twitter.com/micefearboggis/stat ... 1670001667

Like!

[Sciolus]

When I read "Some scientists think", two things tend to come to mind.
One is "It would be good idea if they all did".
The other is "If only a minority them think it, why don't the others? Does it lie in their range of expertise and are they competent?"

The phrase is often, in practice, used to try and persuade you something that is bollocks. The continuation in that twitter thread was a bit of a surprise.

"A study says"...

In mice.

[Woodchopper]

When I read "Some scientists think", two things tend to come to mind.
One is "It would be good idea if they all did".
The other is "If only a minority them think it, why don't the others? Does it lie in their range of expertise and are they competent?"

The phrase is often, in practice, used to try and persuade you something that is bollocks. The continuation in that twitter thread was a bit of a surprise.

"A study says"...

In mice.

Or a single study which hasn't been replicated on a group of 30 undergrads in a public university in the Midwest.

[dyqik]

"A study says"...

In mice.

Or a single study which hasn't been replicated on a group of 30 undergrads in a public university private religious college built around a basketball team in the Midwest.

FTFY.

Public universities are far more reputable than the average university in the US.

[Little waster]

I once drunkenly did something similar with a pool ball (the white, it’s slightly smaller) in the back of a taxi.

The driver who, reluctantly and eventually, came to my rescue was not impressed.

It remains an n=1 so for the sake of scientific rigour I should probably replicate the study at some point.

[Gfamily]

I once drunkenly did something similar with a pool ball (the white, it’s slightly smaller) in the back of a taxi.

The driver who, reluctantly and eventually, came to my rescue was not impressed.

It remains an n=1 so for the sake of scientific rigour I should probably replicate the study at some point.

If done in the back of a taxi, we can safely say you're not a Neitzchian Ubermensch.