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by bemusedthrow75 871 days ago
> but it's not exactly the case that he is drawing on forged entries with no other examples to be found.

Did anyone suggest this? I think it is rude to suggest that the comment you are replying to did any such thing.

(I have noted the long Spanish siesta elsewhere)
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defrost 871 days ago
Not that specifically but that's certainly one whisp of smoke that might be found should:

> (Has this) evidence been examined sceptically?

The implication there is that the "evidence" quoted might not exist, might be a stretch of translation, misreading of spidery handwriting, or spun whole from new cloth to fit a narrative.

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bemusedthrow75 871 days ago
No, that's your implication.

I personally read "sceptically" to imply the idea of seeing whether the study falls victim to significance bias -- e.g. once you see it, you see it a lot, but is it an indicator of a widespread habit, or just a not-particularly-unusual one?

Edit: And indeed if you read on a bit about Ekrich, he suffers from sleep disorders for which he takes medication. That's a potential risk factor for significance/confirmation bias here, I'd have thought. But there's no reason to jump to the conclusion that fabrication is being suggested.

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defrost 871 days ago
That's my partial, not exhaustive, list of the kinds of things that have turned up in past skeptical examinations of researcher claims.

Many times, of course, researchers are supported in their claims by skeptical examination.

It's of interest that you personally chose a limited reading of "skeptical examination", whether that's due to limited experience or an innate tendancy to only imagine the best behaviour in people I wouldn't speculate.

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bemusedthrow75 871 days ago
> It's of interest that you personally chose a limited reading of "skeptical examination", whether that's due to limited experience or an innate tendancy to only imagine the best behaviour in people I wouldn't speculate.

OK, now you're being a bit silly.

I assume error over malice. It's not only imagining the best, it's also statistically and ethically a better way.

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