satt comments on Open thread, 3-8 June 2014 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: satt 06 June 2014 02:10:48AM 2 points [-]

Ooh, ooh, thought of another cluster of danger phrases (inspired by a recent Yvain blog post, I forget which): "studies have shown", "studies show", "studies find", and any other vague claim that something's corroborated by multiple scientific studies which the writer mysteriously can't be bothered to reference properly, or even give a clear description of.