• lolcatnip@reddthat.com
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      10 months ago

      You really need to look into the concept of statistical sampling. It’s how just about all science works, and I can assure you science works.

      • afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world
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        10 months ago

        And you really shouldn’t be having this conversation with a former testing engineer.

        You can’t compare these garbage polls with what goes on in the science+engineering landscape. The main difference is if we are wrong there are consequences for being wrong.