The entire thing is an edgy strawman. Honest practitioners obviously take seriously the need to understand and articulate the limits of empiricism, and are hostile towards those who abuse the public trust of scientific authority. It would honestlt be great if we could do the same with our critiques of capitalism.
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LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 15 hours ago
True but people also use this as an excuse to dismiss any research they disagree with which is idiotic.
Most research is legit. It just might not be interpreted correctly, or it might not be the whole picture. But it shouldn’t be ignored because you don’t like it.
People are especially prone to this with Econ research in my experience.
socsa@piefed.social 13 hours ago
Jake_Farm@sopuli.xyz 14 hours ago
Isn’t there a replication crisis. I am not sure you can really claim “most” research is legit.
niucllos@lemm.ee 14 hours ago
I wouldn’t call it a broad crisis, and it isn’t universal. More theoretical sciences or social sciences are more prone to it because the experiments are more expensive and you can’t really control the environment the way you can with e.g. mice or specific chemicals. But most biology, chemistry, etc that isn’t bleeding edge or incredibly niche will be validated dozens to hundreds of times as people build on the work and true retractions are rare
FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zone 15 hours ago
For sure, but it’s improtant to keep in mind in fields with large financial interests.
Medicine especially. Most studies claiming Cealic disease (gluten allergy) was not real before it was conclusively proven where funded by bread companies. You won’t believe the number of studies funded by insurance companies trying to show that certain diseases aren’t really disabling, (even though they really are).
OpenStars@discuss.online 14 hours ago
And sugar probably kills as many people as smoking, but… yup.
Then again, we all are okay with killing children too, so long as it is with a gun and unwillingly rather than safely in a doctor’s office and medically necessary or at least expedient.
stoy@lemmy.zip 14 hours ago
That seems like a crazy low estimate for deaths caused by sugar…
TexasDrunk@lemmy.world 9 hours ago
Sugar or HFCS? I’m actually asking because I don’t know, not to be snotty.