These days, there’s a formula for articles pushing the unproven claims of harm from social media. Start with examples of kids harming themselves, insist (without evidence) that but for social media…
  • technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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    3 months ago

    It strikes me as pretty low reasonable to hand wave away the grief anecdotes because they’re not scientifically meaningful.

    • mildlyusedbrain@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      3 months ago

      Common thing said but pretty stupid. Most scientific discoveries are grounded in figuring out anecdotal phenomenon. This is even more true for social sciences