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Oh it is a scientific prediction for sure. I am just saying that if a layperson were told, "I have invented a machine that can accurately predict when someone
by cypherpunks01 9d ago
Oh it is a scientific prediction for sure.
I am just saying that if a layperson were told, "I have invented a machine that can accurately predict when someone is going to do Z!", but then, while researching the technology behind how such a prediction is possible, turns out the machine simply has been repeatedly asking the person how likely it is they will be doing Z, how much they think about Z, etc, then the layperson may feel a bit misled by the initial claim. I feel that way towards the editor that wrote this article title.
- beepbooptheory 9d agoWhat is a better term or qualification they could have used?
- cypherpunks01 9d ago"Using smartphone surveys" is a pretty concise clarifier in the original title
- beepbooptheory 9d agoHmm OK. If it's just that, it's a little hard here to see what you imagine we might think from the headline otherwise? If the 'machine' above is just hypothetical, what else? Is it that we might think the 'Harvard study' in question is literally clairvoyant?
- loeg 9d ago> Is it that we might think the 'Harvard study' in question is literally clairvoyant? Yes, that is a straightforward interpretation of the headline!
- beepbooptheory 8d agoHaha well good looking out! The sensationalism of these pop sci articles is out of control!