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From: Frank Krygowski <frkrygow@sbcglobal.net>
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Subject: Re: Ove Interest?
Date: Sun, 16 Feb 2025 14:38:25 -0500
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On 2/16/2025 10:48 AM, AMuzi wrote:
> On 2/15/2025 10:07 PM, Frank Krygowski wrote:
>> 
>> You've brought up that anecdote many, many times in response to a 
>> study that showed results you didn't like. Your clear implication was 
>> that studies are not to be trusted.
>>
> 
> Some are, some are not.  See also political polling.

Of course some are not to be trusted! Whether that is true or not should 
be determined by analyzing the details of the study.

But we have people here who label studies true or false _only_ by 
whether they agree or disagree with the poster's opinions. That's not a 
valid measure for evaluation.



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- Frank Krygowski