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dotancohen
on Oct 10, 2023
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Fair coins tend to land on the same side they star...
This sounds like the classic "tweak the model until the results fit with our preexisting conclusion". Very common across all industries unfortunately.
zh3
on Oct 10, 2023
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Also known in a derogatory fashion [0] as "adding epicycles" (after the Ptolemaic view of the heavens).
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deferent_and_epicycle#Bad_scie...
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