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To: cloudmountain

The concerns you note are handled by the processes of peer review and attempted replication. These are strengths of the scientific method not weaknesses. Additionally, statistical confidence intervals are clearly stated, often in the abstract.


10 posted on 09/20/2016 9:33:05 PM PDT by steve86 (Prophecies of Maelmhaedhoc O'Morgair (Latin form: Malachy))
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To: steve86
The concerns you note are handled by the processes of peer review and attempted replication. These are strengths of the scientific method not weaknesses. Additionally, statistical confidence intervals are clearly stated, often in the abstract.

It's not a perfect system, no matter how you juggle the math.

13 posted on 09/20/2016 10:01:58 PM PDT by cloudmountain
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