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Aella
@Aella_Girl
To me, it's obvious that limited data is better than no data, and you interpret it in context, evaluate theories for why you got that data (including stuff like sampling bias, etc.) But I'm starting to suspect most people view data as being a binary support or not of a view?
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Aella
@Aella_Girl
like, to me I can publish a little bit of data and I just default assume everyone knows that I'm not drawing hard conclusions from it, it's just a piece of evidence we can discuss, but people often respond like I think I'm making a bold, irrefutable claim about reality
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Aella
@Aella_Girl
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@Aella_Girl
which... feels a little startling to me. Should I start placing "I'm not definitively assuming anything from this data, a little data is better than no data" disclaimer at the beginning of everything? I just had assumed sharing the sample size and source was serving that function
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Jilcaesel
@Jilcaesel
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@Aella_Girl
This is something so many people fail to grasp in so many areas. Take #Firefox for example: it'll happily let you visit http:// sites, no security at all, but it'll raise huge alarms for https:// with a self-signed certificate, where only active attacks can get you.
Jim Syler
@Calion
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Nearly everyone moralizes nearly everything. If you make or imply any kind of claim, nearly everyone will assume you’re making an absolute moral judgment.
Max Moriarty
@MaxMoriarty3
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@Aella_Girl
Do you hear yourself? "The people who are going to be paying you $1,000 an hour are not going to sexually assault you." THAT is drawing a hard conclusion from your "bunch" of interviews. I love the generalizations. Let the good times roll.
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