Noah Smith
Chetan Chawla
@Noahpinion @pontific8 they haven't read Iaonnides http://journals.plos.org/plosmedicine/article?id=10.1371/journal.pmed.0020124 … ?
Americans say sociology is more scientific than economics, and medicine is the most scientific of all. pic.twitter.com/vSQy6vbNlW
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@ChetanChawla@Noahpinion positive publication bias is a problem across ALL fields - I haven't seen evidence on differences between fields. -
@pontific8@Noahpinion exactly, that's why absurd to elevate one over other. - View other replies
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@ChetanChawla@Noahpinion few think that chart measures actual scientific merit, but it's a representation of public opinion. -
@pontific8@Noahpinion agreed, not to mention not knowing how the sausage is really made.
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@Noahpinion (but see also http://scienceblogs.com/gnxp/2008/04/15/is-medicine-more-scientific-th/ … ) - looks like more ppl rate econ higher, but also more ppl want to dis it as unscientific -
@slatestarcodex@Noahpinion How is Physics more scientific than Biology? -
@Sam_Dumitriu@Noahpinion Because this guy is bringing our average down: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2515969/Humans-evolved-female-chimpanzee-mated-pig-Extraordinary-claim-American-geneticist.html … - View other replies
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@slatestarcodex "he suggests ... Dr McCarthy do the experimental work himself and try mating with a pig to see how far he gets."
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@Noahpinion IN YOUR FACE. -
WTF MT
@Noahpinion: Americans say sociology more scientific than economics, medicine is the most scientific of all. pic.twitter.com/fRsmeZbnek -
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@Noahpinion Medicine is not even a science#weepingBloodTears - Show more
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@Noahpinion ahahaha... -
@Noahpinion@muratbaday1 This is terrifying. -
@Noahpinion@muratbaday1 Was there a definition of 'scientific'? If not, this is meaningless. -
@Noahpinion@seanjtaylor Measures of uncertainty? anyone? anyone? -
@Noahpinion@seanjtaylor er ... what kind of scientist did the study? ;-)#SeeWhatIDidThere -
@Noahpinion More Americans saying sociology's at least pretty scientific isn't really the same as Americans saying it's more scientific. -
@Noahpinion I feel bad for the accountants.
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Take that, Avogadro
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