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Where have we seen this language before?? https://twitter.com/NorbertElekes/status/1246244066930708481
https://twitter.com/kalenjordan/status/1246254538140585988?s=21 https://twitter.com/kalenjordan/status/1246254538140585988
This is a bad article. I expected better from 538.
“No evidence” is a major epistemic red flag.
“People are saying, ‘Why do it with no evidence?'” Cowling said. “And others are saying, ‘Why wouldn’t you do it if there’s no evidence?’” https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/science-has-no-clear-answers-on-the-coronavirus-face-masks-are-no-exception/
“No evidence” is a major epistemic red flag.
“People are saying, ‘Why do it with no evidence?'” Cowling said. “And others are saying, ‘Why wouldn’t you do it if there’s no evidence?’” https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/science-has-no-clear-answers-on-the-coronavirus-face-masks-are-no-exception/
I could steelman this use of “no evidence”, and I won’t.
This use is actively misleading. Instead of quoting two different experts and making a facile point about risk compensation, why not *walk through* the evidence?
The article is net confusing.
https://twitter.com/malcolm_ocean/status/1246253010797412354?s=21 https://twitter.com/Malcolm_Ocean/status/1246253010797412354
This use is actively misleading. Instead of quoting two different experts and making a facile point about risk compensation, why not *walk through* the evidence?
The article is net confusing.
https://twitter.com/malcolm_ocean/status/1246253010797412354?s=21 https://twitter.com/Malcolm_Ocean/status/1246253010797412354
Again, with “no evidence”
https://twitter.com/drchristinemann/status/1246262180766457857?s=21 https://twitter.com/DrChristineMann/status/1246262180766457857
https://twitter.com/drchristinemann/status/1246262180766457857?s=21 https://twitter.com/DrChristineMann/status/1246262180766457857
Thread with the 538 reporter.
https://twitter.com/maggiekb1/status/1247334653918232576?s=21 https://twitter.com/maggiekb1/status/1247334653918232576
https://twitter.com/maggiekb1/status/1247334653918232576?s=21 https://twitter.com/maggiekb1/status/1247334653918232576
https://twitter.com/stephenpiment/status/1248681089419239425?s=21 https://twitter.com/StephenPiment/status/1248681089419239425
https://twitter.com/comfortablysmug/status/1249398613815500802?s=21 https://twitter.com/ComfortablySmug/status/1249398613815500802
https://twitter.com/rokomijicuk/status/1249737696194572294?s=21 https://twitter.com/RokoMijicUK/status/1249737696194572294
https://twitter.com/plinz/status/1249753669806915590?s=21 https://twitter.com/Plinz/status/1249753669806915590
A deeper take on “no evidence”
https://twitter.com/mimeticvalue/status/1250104602621440002?s=21 https://twitter.com/MimeticValue/status/1250104602621440002
https://twitter.com/mimeticvalue/status/1250104602621440002?s=21 https://twitter.com/MimeticValue/status/1250104602621440002
WHO is at it again!!!
“There is currently no evidence to support the belief that people who have recovered from coronavirus then have immunity, the World Health Organisation has said.” https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/04/17/no-evidence-people-have-survived-coronavirus-have-immunity-says/?utm_content=telegraph&utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=Echobox&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1587191682
“There is currently no evidence to support the belief that people who have recovered from coronavirus then have immunity, the World Health Organisation has said.” https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/04/17/no-evidence-people-have-survived-coronavirus-have-immunity-says/?utm_content=telegraph&utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=Echobox&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1587191682
Have we covered this one yet?
My best guess is they are right that it doesn’t matter, but “no evidence” is still dumb!
https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/fda-says-no-wipe-down-154046778.html
“no evidence of human or animal food or food packaging being associated with transmission of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19,”
My best guess is they are right that it doesn’t matter, but “no evidence” is still dumb!
https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/fda-says-no-wipe-down-154046778.html
“no evidence of human or animal food or food packaging being associated with transmission of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19,”
Omg I can’t even.
A different uncertain situation, but in this case the line isn’t “no evidence”, it’s “all available evidence”.
https://twitter.com/reuters/status/1252662131931176961?s=21 https://twitter.com/Reuters/status/1252662131931176961
A different uncertain situation, but in this case the line isn’t “no evidence”, it’s “all available evidence”.
https://twitter.com/reuters/status/1252662131931176961?s=21 https://twitter.com/Reuters/status/1252662131931176961
I’m getting bored of keeping track of these, but they keep on rolling in.
https://twitter.com/norbertelekes/status/1253109787862216742?s=21 https://twitter.com/NorbertElekes/status/1253109787862216742
https://twitter.com/norbertelekes/status/1253109787862216742?s=21 https://twitter.com/NorbertElekes/status/1253109787862216742
Trevor gets it!
“There is some evidence, but it's far from conclusive.”
https://twitter.com/trvrb/status/1257825379064049664?s=21 https://twitter.com/trvrb/status/1257825379064049664
“There is some evidence, but it's far from conclusive.”
https://twitter.com/trvrb/status/1257825379064049664?s=21 https://twitter.com/trvrb/status/1257825379064049664
Wait, that makes even less sense than “no evidence”.
https://twitter.com/bradheath/status/1268594863282552834?s=21 https://twitter.com/bradheath/status/1268594863282552834
https://twitter.com/bradheath/status/1268594863282552834?s=21 https://twitter.com/bradheath/status/1268594863282552834
“an iota of evidence is still an iota of evidence” is a hill I will die on
https://twitter.com/esyudkowsky/status/1269026559828078593?s=21 https://twitter.com/ESYudkowsky/status/1269026559828078593
https://twitter.com/esyudkowsky/status/1269026559828078593?s=21 https://twitter.com/ESYudkowsky/status/1269026559828078593
Okay, this wording I like.
https://twitter.com/cieseksandra/status/1272620076819197952?s=21 https://twitter.com/CiesekSandra/status/1272620076819197952
https://twitter.com/cieseksandra/status/1272620076819197952?s=21 https://twitter.com/CiesekSandra/status/1272620076819197952
