Curious Canid@lemmy.ca to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoThe world needs fewer cynics and more skeptics.message-squaremessage-square29fedilinkarrow-up1163arrow-down110
arrow-up1153arrow-down1message-squareThe world needs fewer cynics and more skeptics.Curious Canid@lemmy.ca to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square29fedilink
minus-squareTranquilTurbulencelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 months agoIs it because you think the idea is BS and you assume the worst or because you’re not convinced and the idea requires more evidence to back it up?
minus-squarebottleofchips@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 months agoOh sure, you’d love that wouldn’t you? Wouldn’t you? Probably. I don’t know, prove it to me.
minus-squareTranquilTurbulencelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 months agoSo that’s a “yes“. Just as I thought! Although, with a sample size of just one, the result is hardly anecdotal, let alone statistically significant.
Is it because you think the idea is BS and you assume the worst or because you’re not convinced and the idea requires more evidence to back it up?
Oh sure, you’d love that wouldn’t you? Wouldn’t you? Probably. I don’t know, prove it to me.
So that’s a “yes“. Just as I thought! Although, with a sample size of just one, the result is hardly anecdotal, let alone statistically significant.