“Studies Show”
Studies Show
The article talks about how people site studies to prove a point. This seems like the smart thing to do when debating or arguing with someone. Once you produce a study backing what your are saying, how could someone argue with proven facts? Well, in todays world, they just produce a different study that was conducted that backs their opinion. This relates to the fact that a study can be manipulated to give the results that the person conducting the study wants. If you are conducting a study on Trump’s approval ratings and only ask people with a MAGA sticker on their truck, the approval rating will be exponentially higher than if you only ask people with a “Feel the Bern” bumper sticker on their car.
This is especially important when doing research into different topics that you have no previous knowledge of. When thinking about how many studies cannot be replicated it is they are biased or were conducted improperly. When dealing with studies that seem to be biased one way or another bias, it is imperative that you check multiple studies to confirm the findings of the first. In essence, you need to conduct your own study to see if the study you are studying is accurate. This plays a significant role when doing research into your ted talk, as you obviously don’t want to misrepresent what is really happening within in your topic accidentally due to flawed or biased research. In my opinion, this is a real pain because when people conduct a study to confirm the beliefs of the person conducting the study, they will be different if someone had just done the study with the intent of actually understanding what is happening. All of these different studies showing conflicting results or results that cannot be replicated do is muddy the water and lead to more argument, disagreement, and further the divide between people who are just seeking plain, unbiased, knowledge.