For example: say I want to find out about using bright light therapy to attenuate afternoon energy dips… How would you approach such an inquiry
For example: say I want to find out about using bright light therapy to attenuate afternoon energy dips… How would you approach such an inquiry
Is there a way I can scan it before to get a sense of how credible it is in terms of sample sizes etc.
I always hear scientific voices immediately disregard papers and sources because its like p or n=10 (10 people or something) and I dont want to waste time with vanity publications/articles
They’ve got an abstract that covers this in short as the first paragraph.
This is an interesting sentiment. Almost all scientific publications undergo peer review, so this is the primary filter for keeping “crap” out.
I’m interested where you got the idea that people are doing or publishing scientific or research material for “vanity” purposes. Where did you hear about this or decide it was a thing?
And don’t get me wrong. There is PLENTY of crap out there. And do you know how to know it is crap? You read it. You read the entire god-damned thing and you understand and interpret, and read between the lines of what they did in their experimental design. The gaps they left in their methods or statistical analyses that weren’t obvious to the referees. You have a suspicion that its too good to be true and you spend time with that suspicion and their material, maybe even ask for their data, and you work out why you have this suspicion. You ideate, obsess over it. You think about it in the shower, on your bike, while grocery shopping. You harass strangers on the bus with the issue. You learn simulation theory and monte carlo to see how reproducible the result was. And eventually, you break through. Eureka! You’ve done one science.
There is no faster way (other than simply developing experience, knowledge and improving by doing the thing). You need to read the crap too so that you can understand why its crap. Seeking a faster way is to miss the concept entirely.
The process is the point. There is no where to go; there is only chop wood and carry water.
She’s talking about art here, but I think Sarah Andersens comic makes the point:
Thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you for that. I’ve tried to enter university once but the noise and pressure in teenage times plus mediocre education plus laziness from my side didn’t allow it, but the curiosity was still here but I never knew (or, at least, I thought I didn’t knew) how to do it. Don’t want to do it professionally, at least not now, don’t have time, but I would like to understand things more. In the end, what I had in my mind and thought was wrong is something like what u said, so I have no excuses and nothing else to do besides starts doing.
The OP and you didn’t know, but you’ve made the life of someone better just by giving hope that this someone know how to do.
Thanks ❤️