• Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    employing the scientific method

    Really? They have control groups? Blind and A/B testing? Hypothesis that they set out to reject?

    I’m sure they have methods but are they scientific?

    • BlanketsWithSmallpox@lemmy.world
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      8 months ago

      The answer to all your questions are

      Yes.

      Yes.

      Yes.

      Yes - Whatever goes against my political allegiances.

      Yes - They all just have an n < 50.

    • JayObey711@lemmy.world
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      8 months ago

      You make those claims without ever having looked into polisci studies. Not really looking to reject your own hypothesis.

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      8 months ago

      Hey genius, if you need experimentation in order for a field to be a real science, then explain how astronomy is a science.