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am_Unition  ·  3038 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: 'Mindless Eating,' or how to send an entire life of research into question

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    the act of not coming up with a testable hypothesis prior to analyzing data

Sometimes that's OK, but typically not when people are involved. Especially when "measurables" resemble "now tell me, Karen, how good do you feel about this economic transaction on a scale of 1 to 2?".

I'm actually finding it difficult to make more sweeping statements, here. Experimentation sucks like that. How about: Every experiment should be uniquely designed, while also testing every other experiment, all of which are infinitely replicable. For free.