tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-610803938756668468.post8458875013519972831..comments2024-03-28T03:16:27.198-04:00Comments on Todd Seavey: 5 Notes on the FutureTodd Seaveyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08589187886030112999noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-610803938756668468.post-88937877850350773322013-08-28T11:07:00.543-04:002013-08-28T11:07:00.543-04:00A related note (h/t Iain Murray): http://nautil.us...A related note (h/t Iain Murray): http://nautil.us/issue/4/the-unlikely/sciences-significant-stats-problemTodd Seaveyhttp://twitter.com/ToddSeaveynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-610803938756668468.post-32901980123654052982013-08-27T17:21:24.589-04:002013-08-27T17:21:24.589-04:00Slight hyperbole to get their attention -- but onc...Slight hyperbole to get their attention -- but once you eliminate the statistically barely-significant, the sounds-important-out-of-context (but is kept track of only due to regulations and hyped because of them), the products of a shaky fledgling computer-models-based politicized semi-science, the near-certain-to-be-reversed-by-future-studies (as with _most_ medical journal claims), the overhyped-by-university-PR-machine, and so forth, you're left with far less than the usual Bigfoot-or-Einstein dichotomy by which we skeptics were raised would suggest.<br /><br />The scientific method itself remains the coolest thing ever, though (with the possible exception of property rights -- which themselves should not be viewed as synonymous with all the bullshit done in the name of business or crony capitalism broadly defined).Todd Seaveyhttp://twitter.com/ToddSeaveynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-610803938756668468.post-24647225721869846452013-08-27T17:14:35.188-04:002013-08-27T17:14:35.188-04:00Most science is bullshit? You must be joking.Most science is bullshit? You must be joking.Jakenoreply@blogger.com