40-60% of scientific studies are not replicable, therefore fake as far as I'm concerned.
That's why "show me the study" is such a midwit line of reasoning.
We need to go back to thinking more with first principles, received wisdom, and personal experimentation.
There's a place for scientific studies, but it's gone so far that many won't take an obvious point without a study behind it.
There are many such examples that are quite obvious but are hard to prove: processed foods are bad, screen time is bad for kids, starship won't fall on a shark etc. But people love to poke holes in obvious truths, especially in well educated spaces like HN.
That's why "show me the study" is such a midwit line of reasoning.
We need to go back to thinking more with first principles, received wisdom, and personal experimentation.
There's a place for scientific studies, but it's gone so far that many won't take an obvious point without a study behind it.
There are many such examples that are quite obvious but are hard to prove: processed foods are bad, screen time is bad for kids, starship won't fall on a shark etc. But people love to poke holes in obvious truths, especially in well educated spaces like HN.