but I'm pretty sure that person doesn't exist
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Replying to @TylerGlaiel @sohakes and
I guarantee you that person exists - they are just very scientific people, and obviously rare, as you might expect.
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Replying to @cmuratori @sohakes and
doesn't exist *in significant enough numbers to matter
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Replying to @TylerGlaiel @sohakes and
Well, I would argue the same about people who really understood the vaccine before taking it, and the possible long-term epidemiological outcomes, too :)
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Replying to @cmuratori @sohakes and
we have a very useful shortcut for that called "listen to the experts" though
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Replying to @TylerGlaiel @sohakes and
That sentiment I do object to. Saying "listen to the experts" presumes the person knows who is an expert, which is precisely the thing in question here. I point again to examples, such as "eat mostly carbohydrates" situation.
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Replying to @cmuratori @TylerGlaiel and
As a simple example, when programming, should you listen to "experts" like Uncle Bob Martin? Bjarne Stroustrup? The average CS professor at a college?
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Replying to @cmuratori @sohakes and
i mean programming is a mess for other reasons and also there isnt really a "search for truth" in the field like there is in other (actual) scientific fields. for math, physics, etc I would absolutely "trust the experts"
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Replying to @TylerGlaiel @sohakes and
Well maybe we can boil this down to the fact that I think medicine is about the same as programming research - some "experts" really are, but most aren't. I wouldn't consider it anywhere even in the remote ballpark of mathematics as a field in terms of competence.
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Replying to @cmuratori @sohakes and
I mean the fact that they run trials and experiments and look at actual statistics puts it pretty far above everything programming related
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Totally disagree. The average medical trial is about as accurate as a blog post with a benchmark.
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Replying to @cmuratori @TylerGlaiel and
This is a subject where twitter is the worst possible format to discuss. Study design. Placebo. Robustness of result. Sample sizes, etc, etc. When can a study be trusted? It's a complex and interesting topic.
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Replying to @robertbisaacs @cmuratori and
You just cannot treat multiple gold standard double blind placebo controlled trials with intense long term surveillance with a random nutrition study in a third rate journal. Context matters.
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