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Acting on weak evidence risks degrading the norms of scientific rigour, and the whole scientific enterprise absorbs the cost.
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- Gary Taubes Investigative science and health journalist
Acting on weak evidence can feel justified in the moment, but it risks degrading the norms of scientific rigor. If ambiguous data are treated as sufficient to declare harm—or safety—the entire scientific enterprise absorbs the cost.
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↗Signs of Bad Scienceuncertaintyprinciples.substack.com
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