(January 7, 2019 at 10:11 am)Peebo-Thuhlu Wrote:(January 7, 2019 at 4:18 am)T0 Th3 M4X Wrote: It doesn't necessarily make anything wrong. But it doesn't guarantee that everything within a study is conclusive. Even when we're mostly certain of something, there is still room for error or adding new variables. We may also see journal articles that conflict. In which case, often you'll see additional studies that attempt to clarify the relationship(s).
So... The information/whatever is not wrong... Just not 'Right' enough for you, then?
So... what does something need/take for it to be 'Right' by yourself?
Just curious as to where the bar height is.
Not at work.
I don't want to sound insulting here, but have you heard of the all-or-nothing fallacy? It's assuming that one thing has to go one way or another. Two options, and nothing else. I would suggest that it varies. Often when you do a study, there is a mathematical value given to explain the relationship, and to what degree we believe that value can be applied to real world conditions. I'm sure you've heard of the terms "reliability" and "validity." I'm most cases, nobody is going to come up with 100 percent certainty that there can't be more, or even less.
I don't have a set standard for something to be "Right" by myself, and even if I did, it would likely only be relevant to me since I would be the determining factor. Scientifically though, we use epistemology. It's the study of how we know things. Of course even that is not fully agreed upon among those in the scientific community. It's okay though, because we're allowed to get things wrong. Sometimes it's the errors that lead us to the next great fact.
But just for the sake of trying to answer your question. The error also exists as a fact. "If I do it this way, I'm not going to get the right result." It's just not the fact I had hoped to find, but it brings me one step closer by being able to rule out one thing that wasn't significant to the matter at hand.
When is something right by you?
