• Dr. Moose@lemmy.world
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    9 hours ago

    Also surveys generally are a bad way to do science anyway unless it’s psychology, sociology or smt. It really triggers me when people take survey results seriously without critical thought.

    • joostjakob@lemmy.world
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      46 minutes ago

      Well they are an excellent tool to gauge public opinion. But you need a random sample. That’s always been tough, but it’s getting harder and harder to do so.