← Back to context Comment by clickety_clack 8 hours ago Would you prefer that people accept claims uncritically? It’s a valid critique of the results. 3 comments clickety_clack Reply wvenable 8 hours ago If the commenter read the study and found that they did not, in fact, account for that then it would be valid to point it out here.Otherwise, it's just a waste of our time. clickety_clack 5 hours ago By its fundamental design, an observational study cannot account for everything. That is the critique and it is a valid one. wvenable 5 hours ago Most observational studies do in fact account for the first thing a random HN poster can come up with 5 seconds after reading the title. So there is very little value in such a comment.
wvenable 8 hours ago If the commenter read the study and found that they did not, in fact, account for that then it would be valid to point it out here.Otherwise, it's just a waste of our time. clickety_clack 5 hours ago By its fundamental design, an observational study cannot account for everything. That is the critique and it is a valid one. wvenable 5 hours ago Most observational studies do in fact account for the first thing a random HN poster can come up with 5 seconds after reading the title. So there is very little value in such a comment.
clickety_clack 5 hours ago By its fundamental design, an observational study cannot account for everything. That is the critique and it is a valid one. wvenable 5 hours ago Most observational studies do in fact account for the first thing a random HN poster can come up with 5 seconds after reading the title. So there is very little value in such a comment.
wvenable 5 hours ago Most observational studies do in fact account for the first thing a random HN poster can come up with 5 seconds after reading the title. So there is very little value in such a comment.
If the commenter read the study and found that they did not, in fact, account for that then it would be valid to point it out here.
Otherwise, it's just a waste of our time.
By its fundamental design, an observational study cannot account for everything. That is the critique and it is a valid one.
Most observational studies do in fact account for the first thing a random HN poster can come up with 5 seconds after reading the title. So there is very little value in such a comment.