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		wffurr 6 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Guess I'm a rationalist now I don’t know where you get this idea, at least about Scott. He has written extensively about flaws in science and misuse of statistics. My favorite is the one where he cries at the end “ Science! YOU WERE THE CHOSEN ONE! It was said that you would destroy reliance on biased experts, not join them!” https://slatestarcodex.com/2014/04/28/the-control-group-is-o...

mjburgess 6 months ago [–]

You're correct to observe that SSC raises many issues with statistical methodology. But the whole field psychometrics, and its "Rationalist" fans, proceed as if they havent read: https://slatestarcodex.com/2019/05/07/5-httlpr-a-pointed-rev...

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