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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Replying to @TylerGlaiel @sohakes and
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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Replying to @robertbisaacs @TylerGlaiel and
100% agree. That is why I say "trust experts" does not work, because "experts" come in both flavors: those who will report only those results that are very rigorous, and those who will report any random thing.
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Replying to @cmuratori @robertbisaacs and
Does it count if you let someone you know that is more versed in biology and chemistry read an the studies and do all the vetting and then trust their judgment?
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I mean it kind of moves the problem one further back. In general, I would say the core skill is to learn to assess the markers of actual expertise to the extent that you can, regardless of discipline.
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Replying to @cmuratori @TheDigitalShay and
Usually it involves asking more and more complex questions until your satisfied the person really has a strong grasp on the problem. You usually don't have to know what they know, you just have to know how to ask enough questions. It is not perfect, but it's better than nothing.
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