• Magnus@lemmy.ca
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    1 day ago

    Same thing here. Now you have some “principle” to back you up claiming you can get “ enough”.

    Like ok. So when they scan you for that rare space disease that causes people to literally blow up, you’d be fine with them ending the scan at 90% right? Right?

    There is no data that isn’t valuable and can sway the ultimate conclusion. None. Only humans have the audacity to think they can cherry pick which lol.

    Bro. Take a hard look at yourself.

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      6 hours ago

      I’m not fine with 90%, but 90% is significantly more reassuring and evidence-based than 0%. And if measuring that last 10% would mean some type of logistical nightmare, then we can act with relative assurance on a 90% likelihood. If you didn’t know, that’s how every fucking scientific test works. P-value of 0.1.

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        6 hours ago

        It only takes one zombie to raze a bunker full of people. It only takes one cough to infect someone with a cold. It only takes $1 to mark your payment NSF and incur the penalty.

        That’s the point I’m trying to make. That 10% could be HUGE! You can’t quantity life and say “we almost got there, but let’s just say we did.” Would you say I won the race if I only made it 90% of the way?

        You need to change your conception “evidence.” Like I asked before, if you had a fatal disease, would you be willing to bet your life on a 90% scan?

        Arguments are cool and all, but at the end of the day, you need them to actually have real implications or else… like why?

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          6 hours ago

          I don’t get it. Are you rejecting science as a tool for discerning truth? Did you even read my post? Because I did answer your question about the 90%.