Comments on: How deductive reasoning can lead us to stupid conclusions https://ethicalnag.org/2010/09/21/deductive-reasoning/ Marketing Ethics for the Easily Swayed Fri, 26 Aug 2016 00:40:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: iPad example https://ethicalnag.org/2010/09/21/deductive-reasoning/comment-page-1/#comment-18030 Sat, 10 Sep 2011 03:11:29 +0000 http://ethicalnag.org/?p=3106#comment-18030 The other day, while I was at work, my sister stole my apple iPad and tested to see if it can survive a thirty foot drop, just so she can be a youtube sensation. My apple iPad is now broken and she has 83 views.

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]]> By: Phys Therapist https://ethicalnag.org/2010/09/21/deductive-reasoning/comment-page-1/#comment-7281 Tue, 12 Oct 2010 14:29:21 +0000 http://ethicalnag.org/?p=3106#comment-7281 The conclusion of the 2003 research was “based on deductive reasoning. They had compared first baby haircut samples of 94 autistic children with a control group of 45 non-autistic adults – and there’s your first clue of flawed research methodology…”

So here’s my observation: comparing hair samples from autistic CHILDREN to hair samples from non-autistic ADULTS? One marvels at what journal editors will accept as “valid” science. Who was supervising this “research”? Were the grad students having a party while their advisor was away on vacation?

Useful information and excellent links here. I’m sending it to some friends!

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]]> By: Law & Court https://ethicalnag.org/2010/09/21/deductive-reasoning/comment-page-1/#comment-7075 Fri, 24 Sep 2010 06:41:55 +0000 http://ethicalnag.org/?p=3106#comment-7075 […] How deductive reasoning can lead us to stupid conclusions | The Ethical Nag […]

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]]> By: Lab Rat https://ethicalnag.org/2010/09/21/deductive-reasoning/comment-page-1/#comment-7058 Wed, 22 Sep 2010 15:39:00 +0000 http://ethicalnag.org/?p=3106#comment-7058 “…there are often several conclusions that could be drawn from any collection of data, but usually only one is correct…”

Thanks for this useful perspective.This helps me to understand why “experts” churn out conflicting studies, each one seeming to firmly dismiss the “conclusions” of the next.

It’s not that the researchers’ conclusions are WRONG – it might just be that they are not RIGHT.

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]]> By: Crown https://ethicalnag.org/2010/09/21/deductive-reasoning/comment-page-1/#comment-7042 Tue, 21 Sep 2010 20:17:52 +0000 http://ethicalnag.org/?p=3106#comment-7042 We have put a link to […] How deductive reasoning can lead us to stupid conclusions | The … […]

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]]> By: Adal https://ethicalnag.org/2010/09/21/deductive-reasoning/comment-page-1/#comment-7041 Tue, 21 Sep 2010 19:10:54 +0000 http://ethicalnag.org/?p=3106#comment-7041 Terrific work! Thanks for the link to “Photon” and for this very astute Sherlock Holmes comparison. This is the type of information that should be shared around the web.

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