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by mr_spothawk 2952 days ago
> I've realized the first reaction to a paper should be doubt

appreciating the reminder

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In sociology, the opposite is almost always true, in psychology, it’s usually false, in medicine, maybe half true, but what about machine learning?
>what about machine learning?

The results are probably real, but maybe not for the reasons the author suggests.

And here we have the clearest demonstration of confirmation bias.