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The more things change, the more they stay the same (lemmy.world)
submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 10 points 7 months ago (2 children)

I mean, that lady's crotch is bigger than her tits, she's not exactly proportional from any perspective. I'm gonna go ahead and say that maybe we have no idea who made it and any argument concerning authorship is pure speculation.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Catherine McCoid and LeRoy McDermott hypothesize that...

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Speculation and a hypothesis are two very different levels of certainty in a claim. I suppose, though, that this area of research is somewhat forced to use more certain language than other areas would be comfortable with, given the same quality of evidence. Recognize that "we're just guessing here" also applies to the claim in the meme.