Satoshi Akima
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If you artificially restrict your definition of “evidence” to accept only RCTs, you end up rejecting the thesis of the earth’s rotundity as being supported by the lowest level of evidence only. But most scientific theorems are proven by direct mechanistic evidence.
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06:22 AM - Feb 23, 2023
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Satoshi Akima
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In response to Satoshi Akima.
Anthropogenic climate change is considered 99.9% certain without a single RCT. Because RCTs are not a universal scientific standard of evidence. A Cochrane review on climate change would reject it as having low-level, not 99.9%, certainty.
06:23 AM - Feb 23, 2023
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In response to Satoshi Akima.
If restricted to RCTs, there is no “evidence” that modern clean-water systems, built after the cholera epidemics of the 19th century, reduce the spread of cholera. Because for public health engineering systems, RCTs are not a standard of proof.
06:25 AM - Feb 23, 2023
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