• Lammy@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Isn’t this the opposite of science?

    Why not post “finding faith saves lives” ?

    It would be equally empirical.

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      1 year ago

      I agree. “Study” is a bit strong here, they asked 2 questions and got 139 replies. Despite the bullying, my gender affirming care has done wonders for my mental health.

      I think the purpose is to add the findings to a separate pool of data.

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        1 year ago

        Ok but both are still completely unscientific, as is the entire field of psychology. It’s fine to call it research, but to conflate it with science is 100% false.

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        1 year ago

        There is no objectively falsifiable hypothesis, or imperially reproducible result.

        Don’t bring science into politics, that’s what religions and governments have tried to do for years as part of propaganda / anti-science campaigns. It never goes well even if you think it’s morally correct, because scientific reality does not always align with, nor does it care about current morality. Nevertheless science is objectively true.