Post Az3C4of7LMVh0qyluK by AbyssalRook@mstdn.social
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 (DIR) Post #Az34qYHQku2iTI9QUS by futurebird@sauropods.win
       2025-10-09T23:59:19Z
       
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       "we're doing studies to make the proof"oh.oh no no no.Oh, honey. NO.
       
 (DIR) Post #Az34tngBxQHR6IHXUW by nazokiyoubinbou@urusai.social
       2025-10-09T23:59:53Z
       
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       @futurebird That's a fail right out the door...
       
 (DIR) Post #Az34vszTBNLm9RIFwu by adriano@lile.cl
       2025-10-10T00:00:13Z
       
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       @futurebird sounds very ssssientiffick
       
 (DIR) Post #Az366fE0nnvyb8na2S by futurebird@sauropods.win
       2025-10-10T00:13:24Z
       
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       @nazokiyoubinbou This is such a tell. Studies are just things to wave around to prove your point... not ... oh you know... a way to FIND THINGS OUT.
       
 (DIR) Post #Az36RAS8PLR9F0BJ0i by nazokiyoubinbou@urusai.social
       2025-10-10T00:17:07Z
       
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       @futurebird Yeah, if you go into a study with preconceptions about its results, you're going to completely influence the results from the very start.  Or at least misinterpret...  That's a pretty strong bias after all.I'm trying to find the specific example, but there was an antivaxxer group that tried to fund a study to try to prove vaccines caused autism and, when it proved the opposite, tried to bury it.  (I seem to recall it involved testing on apes?)
       
 (DIR) Post #Az3C4of7LMVh0qyluK by AbyssalRook@mstdn.social
       2025-10-10T01:20:16Z
       
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       @futurebird There are people out there who will never understand why my inner mathematician just cringed so hard it gave me a headache.