The full picture of a scientific debate is almost always more complex than a skim of the abstracts, so it is worth checking the actual data.

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• It is better for researchers to study something knowable than something unknowable, even when the knowable question matters less. NSNoah Smith6 May 2026
• Deciding your conclusion before you look at the data is one of the most reality-distorting things a scientist can do. SRStuart Ritchie27 Dec 2022
• When two expert users argue over whether documentation is clear, that debate is unproductive — the way to actually find unclear documentation is to test it on real readers, not to have experts argue about wording. JEJulia Evans8 Jan 2026
• AI errors are harder to catch in analysis of unfamiliar data than in simple writing tasks. JEJason Evanish5 Sept 2025
• Overturned findings do not make knowledge entirely uncertain; we are approaching the truth asymptotically SASamuel Arbesman29 Sept 2026

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