MileyCyrus comments on Open Thread, February 15-29, 2012 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: MileyCyrus 15 February 2012 08:05:36AM 0 points [-]

What's the best way to find out about scientific experiments before they are conducted?

Comment author: AlexSchell 15 February 2012 12:20:07PM 2 points [-]

I think ClinicalTrials.gov might be what you're looking for. For anything less than human clinical trials, you'd likely need inside knowledge of the organization conducting the study/experiment.

Comment author: Morendil 15 February 2012 10:19:13PM 6 points [-]

Psi powers.

Comment author: shminux 15 February 2012 09:31:02PM 0 points [-]

This question seems a bit vague. What kind of experiments? Why do you want to know about them in advance?

Comment author: MileyCyrus 16 February 2012 02:30:05AM 0 points [-]

What kind of experiments?

Mostly psychology. I'm particularly interested in experiments that would have political implications.

Why do you want to know about them in advance?

Because I want to be able to look at them and decide what kind of results would support a theory verses undermine it, before I (and the world) becomes biased by the actual results.

Comment author: shminux 16 February 2012 06:38:20AM 1 point [-]

Mostly psychology. I'm particularly interested in experiments that would have political implications.

Interesting. Maybe you can give examples of past experiments that had "political implications" and what theory they may have falsified.