Stop saying you researched it.

[David G]

Because, likely, you didn't. In fact, few of us have the time to actually research any number of issues. We're lucky if we manage to do so with a few, closely related, issues that we've taken a particular long-term (and intellectually rigorous) interest in.

But we can do casual research, if we start with a hypothesis... which we accept may be right, wrong, or partly each. And if we follow the skeptical spirit of the actual research process --


Please stop saying you researched it.

You didn’t research anything and it is highly probable you don’t know how to do so.

Did you compile a literature review and write abstracts on each article? Or better yet, did you collect a random sample of sources and perform independent probability statistics on the reported results? No?

Did you at least take each article one by one and look into the source (that would be the author, publisher and funder), then critique the writing for logical fallacies, cognitive distortions and plain inaccuracies?

Did you ask yourself why this source might publish these particular results?

Did you follow the trail of references and apply the same source of scrutiny to them?

No? Then you didn’t … research anything. You read or watched a video, most likely with little or no objectivity. You came across something in your algorithm manipulated feed, something that jived with your implicit biases and served your confirmation bias, and subconsciously applied your emotional filters and called it proof.

https://conversational-leadership.ne...researched-it/

[Paul Pless]

fart

[David G]

fart

I will NOT argue your expertise on that topic...

[George Jung]

Nice synopsis, David. Yep - it's exhausting. After the latest go-round here, I immediately ran into a pt of a similar bent, who proceeded to lecture me on DMII and txments. I gave him Ted's number.

[David W Pratt]

The original source omitted examining the materials and methods (0r equivalent) section.

[Keith Wilson]

Nah. 'Research' isn't binary; it's something you can do a little of or a lot, well or badly. Looking it up in Wikipedia is 'research'. So is working for five years looking up every bit of human knowledge about something.

[Ted Hoppe]

I learned how to cure myself from farting using WebMD. Glad to have that resource. Thank goodness as to see my general practitioner requires 4 months to get an appointment. There was no copay involved.

[Paul Pless]

Nah. 'Research' isn't binary; it's something you can do a little of or a lot, well or badly. Looking it up in Wikipedia is 'research'. So is working for five years looking up every bit of human knowledge about something.

thank you keith

[Paul Pless]

I learned how to cure myself from farting using WebMD. Glad to have that resource. There was no copay involved.

oh there will be a payment due
the evening of may 27th

[Canoeyawl]

I learned how to cure myself from farting using WebMD. Glad to have that resource. Thank goodness as to see my general practitioner requires 4 months to get an appointment. There was no copay involved.

Actually, I have researched that issue at length including using my own body as a "guinea pig" and you might be on to something, I am convinced fart is in fact diet related
exercise however, can worsen the condition

[David G]

Nah. 'Research' isn't binary; it's something you can do a little of or a lot, well or badly. Looking it up in Wikipedia is 'research'. So is working for five years looking up every bit of human knowledge about something.

As the OP states... we can do casual research. But that's harder to do 'well'.

[LeeG]

I Googled it so piss off.

[Too Little Time]

Nah. 'Research' isn't binary; it's something you can do a little of or a lot, well or badly. Looking it up in Wikipedia is 'research'. So is working for five years looking up every bit of human knowledge about something.

What is more interesting is that few people use the term "research".

I did watch a video on backpacking stoves yesterday. The fellow did a nice set of experiments. In prior videos he talked about the compilation of nutritional data for backpacking foods.

I don't do much research, but I do learn a lot from people with expertise that they share on youtube.

[Ron Williamson]

Actually, I have researched that issue at length including using my own body as a "guinea pig" and you might be on to something, I am convinced fart is in fact diet related
exercise however, can worsen the condition

'Worsen the condition'?
Meaning you stop farting,or you fart more?
Or they smell worse,or ...better(lilacs,!??)

Questions that depend on a point of view.
R

[Keith Wilson]

As the OP states... we can do casual research. But that's harder to do 'well'.

Depends on the subject. If you want to know the date of the battle of Antietam and who won, a quick check of Wikipedia or something similar will be fine. If you want to have a fairly clear idea about the link between type II diabetes and behavior, it will take more work, and your degree of confidence in what you find can vary a lot. Again, not binary at all.

[Durnik]

Nah. 'Research' isn't binary; it's something you can do a little of or a lot, well or badly. Looking it up in Wikipedia is 'research'. So is working for five years looking up every bit of human knowledge about something.

thank you keith

yes, thank you.

wondering if maybe the op might have been able to recognize this reality with a bit of, dare I say it, research?

[pcford]

I learned how to cure myself from farting using WebMD. Glad to have that resource. Thank goodness as to see my general practitioner requires 4 months to get an appointment. There was no copay involved.

Stopped farting? What's the fun in that?!

[Paul Pless]

Depends on the subject. If you want to know the date of the battle of Antietam and who won, a quick check of Wikipedia or something similar will be fine. If you want to have a fairly clear idea about the link between type II diabetes and behavior, it will take more work, and your degree of confidence in what you find can vary a lot. Again, not binary at all.

how long before red states ban wikipedia? the internet in its entirety?

[Lugs]

Come to think of it, I guess I spent over thirty years of my working life as a "researcher" in the business and government sectors. I used to think of it more as being an adviser... but all that advice was based on research. Look at that, I've learnt something new today.

[pkrone]

I had a patient recently that decided he'd be better off self-treating his rectal cancer with febendazole... I'll be waiting for the ER to call me when he comes in obstructed.

[Paul Pless]

dumbass

[Paul Pless]

^ not you of course, mr p

[BrianW]

how long before red states ban wikipedia? the internet in its entirety?

I've actually donated, via their pop-requests, multiple times.

[Ralphie Boy]

I’ve been “researching” farts for many years now. I would say by now I have the equivalent to a doctorate in flatulence. Some of the more famous of fart types are the Freep, the Bloop, and the Left Cheek Sneak.

[Ian McColgin]

Does "did you collect a random sample of sources and perform independent probability statistics on the reported results?"[OP] mean anything?

[Lugs]

Does "did you collect a random sample of sources and perform independent probability statistics on the reported results?"[OP] mean anything?

I'm not quite sure how to "perform independent probability statistics"

[Lugs]

I’ve been “researching” farts for many years now. I would say by now I have the equivalent to a doctorate in flatulence. Some of the more famous of fart types are the Freep, the Bloop, and the Left Cheek Sneak.

Beware the Follow Through

[skuthorp]

Way back at school some of the boys did extensive research on how to produce the most aromatic farts with the least amount of sound, and would quietly leave the room.
However the best I ever came across were from a cattle dog that fed mostly on roadkill or some such found game. Then it was you that had to leave the room.

[George Jung]

I had a patient recently that decided he'd be better off self-treating his rectal cancer with febendazole... I'll be waiting for the ER to call me when he comes in obstructed.

I hear stories from my sis in law, a nurse in Dallas. And of course, her hubby is a bit off the rails re: covid, politics in general. Curious your sense - is Texas a lot crazier than the rest of the country, in terms of medical care, self-directing? See quite a bit of it here. I used to 'discuss' with these folks. Now I just say 'let me know how it goes!'

[pkrone]

I hear stories from my sis in law, a nurse in Dallas. And of course, her hubby is a bit off the rails re: covid, politics in general. Curious your sense - is Texas a lot crazier than the rest of the country, in terms of medical care, self-directing? See quite a bit of it here. I used to 'discuss' with these folks. Now I just say 'let me know how it goes!'

Oh yeah. Plenty of ivermectin/anti-mask true believers around here. The febendazole was a new one for me. I hardly saw any non-traditional medical care choosers until covid. It seems to have enabled innumerable idiots...

[Ted Hoppe]

anecdotal evidence and personal experience suggests pulling someone's finger is likely to lead to a fart. Since I am not a doctor, i can not determine if that is causal. But as a layperson I will suggest they have a relationship. In a tangential point, it seems it also makes the owner of said pulled finger giggle also possibly related in the flatulence release.

Perhaps this should become a Ted Talk.

[David G]

[Canoeyawl]

'Worsen the condition'?
Meaning you stop farting,or you fart more?
Or they smell worse,or ...better(lilacs,!??)

Questions that depend on a point of view.
R

I will suggest you do your own research...

[Ron Williamson]

It ain't research unless you document it,so ....a lifetime wasted.
R

[CWSmith]

You know the definition of a contrarian, don't you? I do, because I researched it!