Am I the neuroscientist in this case?
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Or those that think that poking mice with electrodes is sufficiently 'sciency' that laws of sampling variability and statistical power don't apply to N=9 between animal studies
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Seriously overheard 'the method is so rigorous, we felt a lower statistical threshold was justified'
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Once reviewed a paper with an N=19 multilevel (!) model where the key parameter was almost precisely 0. The authors then said 'the danger of type II error is considerable so the effect is probably true' and proceeded to interpret the absent effect anyway
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Did... did it get published??
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It's the only paper I ever reviewed (i.e. rejected) that I google search once a year JUST IN CASE, but so far no sign of it - I think we might be safe....
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"Whatever I measure is all that is real" is just the lamest philosophical position
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what about "if you can spray them, they're real" (ian hacking referring to electrons)
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@rogierK BRB, gonna measure one single neuron 6 million times. I'm sure it will generalize to the rest. -
I have no idea what you are saying (starting with what does BRB mean) my apologies
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brb = be right back
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ah! thank you :)
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Um, what do they think making stuff up is if it's not neuroscience? The brain making connections and solving problems is what it's all about, it's the thing that ties social sciences together
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I had someone tell me yesterday that social sciences aren't real science because they aren't falsifiable
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Aghhhhhhh
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May I kindly ask to be untagged? I wasn’t able to keep up with the convo and my notifications are going crazy. Thank you in advance!
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Sure, but FYI you can mute convos using the little arrow at the top right.
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You women rock! We should have been hanging out for the last 10 years!
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