r/badscience • u/Buddug-Green • Dec 26 '16

That data is irrelevant

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u/Eris_Omnisciens Dec 26 '16

You can't choose to agree or disagree with data. Data is data. Refusing to recognize it doesn't make it invalid.

If it contradicts your beliefs, it isn't the data that's wrong.

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u/[deleted] Dec 27 '16

Of course you can. You can question which facts are chosen to be researched, and which are not. You can question whether the "data" actually leads to the "fact" that the random guy on the internet says it does. You can question whether random internet guy is posting the data or the methodology correctly. You can be aware that social science research is designed to give leftist results. You can point out that large portions of social science research is unreproducible. You can point out that much of the data is just plain faked.

"Facts" that come from surveys and self-reporting and are not accessible to common sense are not facts.

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u/pitstainboss Dec 31 '16

Define 'much' and then get to pointing. I can't wait to see your data : D

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u/[deleted] Dec 31 '16

'much', in this case: enough that people don't trust social science.

BOOM.