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Why Most Published Research Findings Are False (journals.plos.org)
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[-] Please_Do_Not@lemm.ee 18 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

An ineresting read, but statistically speaking, it's most likely false.

[-] onlinepersona@programming.dev 2 points 8 months ago

Quite ironic.

[-] mapto@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago

Isn't it dangerous to identify untruth with falsehood? Or is it just clickbait headlines? There's an implicit positivist assumption here anyway.

[-] DozensOfDonner@mander.xyz 2 points 8 months ago

Feels like a bit of a clickbaity choice of words indeed. That being said I am falling a sleep so only scanned the paper a bit, so can't really judge this choice of words based on the content tonight

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