well it convinced me, but I’m stupid and already made up my mind that I wanted to see a reply like that
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toynbee@lemmy.world 7 hours agoWhether you’re right or wrong, starting your argument with “that’s stupid, though” is unlikely to convince many.
TimewornTraveler@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 hours ago
DonPiano@feddit.org 32 minutes ago
Maybe, yeah, but I kinda get annoyed at this kinda dismissiveness - it’s a type of vague anti-science or something like that. Like… Sure, overfitting is a potential issue, but the answer to that isn’t to never fit any curve when data is noisy, it is (among other things) to build solid theories and good tests thereof. A lot of interesting stuff, especially behavioral things, is noisy and you can’t expect to always have relationships that are simple enough to see.
You’re probably right. But also, I was annoyed, not trying to convince. Maybe not the best place to post from. :)