As much as I hate that sceintific papers don't give good introductions to the public, specialists do have their values.
As much as I hate that sceintific papers don't give good introductions to the public, specialists do have their values. An educated, intelligent reader has limits when it comes to frontline research. It is like asking someone flying a 787 jetliner without touching an airplane before. Prior knowledge and experience are important. What I absolutely reject is false exclusivity that some scientists hide behind. A professional statistician can spot statistical errors even if he or she never did any cancer study before. A rational person can discern the trustworth of a scientific report if enough details and background are well explained. I always find that popular press lacks a degree of healthy comptempt for specialists. It actually has improved somewhat recently. Still sometimes newspaper reports read like press release.
Posted by east2west on Aug 3, 2014, 3:10 PM
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- insane.
- I hate that CEOs make 325x more than an average worker whereas is 1965 they made 21x.
- Unless it is running on a government issued iPhone, it is not the Individual #1 you are alluding to.
- Great job, will try it.
- I also have a 2014 CR-V and I hate this too.
- I wish there was a setting to make audio and video opt in per site.
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insane.
NewI hate that CEOs make 325x more than an average worker whereas is 1965 they made 21x.
NewUnless it is running on a government issued iPhone, it is not the Individual #1 you are alluding to.
NewGreat job, will try it.
NewI also have a 2014 CR-V and I hate this too.
I wish there was a setting to make audio and video opt in per site.
There sure are.
I feel like it's once a week that HN surfaces some incredibly overhyped, low-on-the-hierarchy-of-evidence ( https://en.wikipedi...
As much as I hate that sceintific papers don't give good introductions to the public, specialists do have their values.
As much as I hate that sceintific papers don't give good introductions to the public, specialists do have their values. An educated, intelligent reader has limits when it comes to frontline research. It is like asking someone flying a 787 jetliner without touching an airplane before. Prior knowledge and experience are important. What I absolutely reject is false exclusivity that some scientists hide behind. A professional statistician can spot statistical errors even if he or she never did any cancer study before. A rational person can discern the trustworth of a scientific report if enough details and background are well explained. I always find that popular press lacks a degree of healthy comptempt for specialists. It actually has improved somewhat recently. Still sometimes newspaper reports read like press release.
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