Curious Canid@lemmy.ca to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoThe world needs fewer cynics and more skeptics.message-squaremessage-square28fedilinkarrow-up1155arrow-down111
arrow-up1144arrow-down1message-squareThe world needs fewer cynics and more skeptics.Curious Canid@lemmy.ca to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square28fedilink
minus-squareTranquilTurbulence@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up2·10 hours agoIs it because you think the idea is BS and you assume the worst or because you’re not convinced and the idea requires more evidence to back it up?
minus-squarebottleofchips@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·6 hours agoOh sure, you’d love that wouldn’t you? Wouldn’t you? Probably. I don’t know, prove it to me.
minus-squareTranquilTurbulence@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 hours agoSo that’s a “yes“. Just as I thought! Although, with a sample size of just one, the result is hardly anecdotal, let alone statistically significant.
Is it because you think the idea is BS and you assume the worst or because you’re not convinced and the idea requires more evidence to back it up?
Oh sure, you’d love that wouldn’t you? Wouldn’t you? Probably. I don’t know, prove it to me.
So that’s a “yes“. Just as I thought! Although, with a sample size of just one, the result is hardly anecdotal, let alone statistically significant.