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Comment author: gwern 27 July 2012 08:50:55PM 7 points [-]

If you got a result consistent with your theory, then yes it might just be placebo effect, but is that result entirely useless; and if you got a result inconsistent with your theory, is that useless as well?

Comment author: wedrifid 08 September 2013 01:06:08AM 2 points [-]

but is that result entirely useless; and if you got a result inconsistent with your theory, is that useless as well?

"Conservation of expected uselessness!"

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