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Originally Posted by Plan9
Venting is great, but what's your alternative?
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My alternative to this study? I don't have one. I while I do have the degree, I don't have the funding and I don't have the interest in devoting that much of my life to a study.
However, I will take the time to inform people as to the failings of the study they quote whether or not I agree with the study's conclusion. No humanities study is going to be done 100% accurately with 100% consensus on the definitions used (and I'm not going to get into the population being surveyed).
Yes, we can quote statistics to back up our own opinions but, personally, I believe in
actually discussing a point as opposed to trying to win an argument. If the study I am going to quote has flaws, I'm going to bring up those flaws in order to have them as part of the discussion and to, hopefully, increase my knowledge base. If I am truly open to other opinions and the failings of my own, then I can truly grow. If I am not, then I stagnate in my own opinions and trap myself in shallow ponds.