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Global land use for agriculture across different diets (lemmy.ca)

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

I thought I explained my objections to the methodology pretty clearly. I have no dog in the fight regarding the conclusion: the paper speaks for itself. another study using the same methodology would likely reach the same conclusion, necessarily relying on the same source material. that does not mean the methodology is correct.

edit: I said "correct" but what I should have said was "useful for determining a correct policy for agriculture".

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

the problem surmized:

"your idea doesnt make sense, and here is why." "I know my idea is false, but then again, if you don't have a better idea, that makes my idea come true. UNO REVERSE CARD!"

i think the problem is a fundamental misunderstanding how a logical debate goes down. its not about what you want inside yourself.

its about finding the best model for representing your actuall expiriences.

and that statistic thing has a very bad model which brings up a lot of questions.