Molson Hart

I think there would be significantly less debate on these issues if people had a better understanding of statistics, causality, and 2nd order effects. This comment is equivalent to "the tiger has not killed anyone at the zoo, therefore we can get rid of the cage."https://twitter.com/samswey/status/1268541943501463552 …

Worth noting that the person who made this (what I would consider) pretty bad logical error is also behind this celebrated list of research based solutions to police violence.https://twitter.com/samswey/status/1180655701271732224 …

I haven't looked at this study, but I've been on the planet 33 years. From that time I know two things: 1) A lot of studies are total garbage 2) There is no way in hell that body cams don't reduce police violence or at least change behavior.https://twitter.com/samswey/status/1180655705159811073 …

If you call someone a bullshitter your counter argument should be better than "i didn't read it but i think it's garbage".

First, you're misrepresenting what I said. I didn't call him a bullshitter. Second, you're oversimplifying my argument. My argument is much more akin to, I have 33 years of experience telling me the conclusions of this study are false. Check this:https://twitter.com/DellAnnaLuca/status/1268556541948391424 …

re 1: I take it back, apologies. re 2: This is very similar to what those campus kids we like to mock do: my experiences invalidate our studies. Life experiences cannot refute a studies unless the conclusions are so strong and categorical that a single counterpoint is enough.