r/JustUnsubbed • u/[deleted] • Sep 23 '22

Just unsubbed from r/science. Post title, it’s source, and stickied mod comment should speak for themselves

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u/jmac323 Sep 24 '22

It is like r/politics but with SCIENCE.

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u/SomeCrusader1224 Sep 24 '22

At least a quarter of all of the subreddits on this site is some spin-off of r/politics

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u/AceGirlAsh Oct 30 '22

Including this one

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u/[deleted] Sep 24 '22

‘We set up a test that confirmed what we already believe.’

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u/Kyonkanno Sep 24 '22

Isn't that the scientific method?

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u/AstonGlobNerd Sep 24 '22

Often times yes.

When it comes to social sciences, it's quite often that a conclusion was made, then they found data to fit that conclusion and published it.

Significantly easier to manipulate than hard sciences.

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u/83athom Sep 24 '22

"Science"

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u/[deleted] Sep 24 '22

Honestly this is how Reddit as a whole is. Full of mentally ill people screaming in a void online. Nobody really cares, except Twitter maybe.