Study Finds Cyclists Are Better People Than Drivers
jalopnik.com
The results show drivers are less interested in the common good than cyclists.

I’ve always argued this wasn’t the case and that motoring is a worse transport mode because of the associated externalities, not because of anything inherent to the users.

But you can’t argue with the scienceTM!

  • Windex007@lemmy.world
    99·
    1 year ago

    Look, if you want to dismiss a study, do so

    For someone constantly accusing others of not reading, you seem to have a lot of trouble reading. I’ll leave it to the exercise to the reader (not you, obviously, lol) to find the sentence where I explicitly say that this doesn’t necessarily invalidate the results.

    brought anything but ad hominem against the authors.

    Acknowledging the biases of the people doing research isn’t an ad homienem attack. Would you be clamouring to defend studies about the dangers of smoking written by people with large interests in the tobacco industry? No?

    You are having an extreme an emotional reaction to the presentation of fact.

    • GhostsAreShitty@lemmy.world
      61·
      1 year ago

      I’m all for more cycling and getting rid of cars entirely, but this is reaserch methods 101. One of my college courses was entirely about finding flaws in research, and this is a great example of a study that has an intended purpose, and very selectively shows the data they want it to show. And with things like qualitative data that requires an opinion to show in the first place, you can throw this out as junk from the getgo. This is popular science made for click bait headlines.

    • yA3xAKQMbq@lemm.ee
      59·
      1 year ago

      And another ad hominem. Bye.

      Edit: and if you cannot see a difference between a scientist advocating for bikes and someone advocating for a known hazardous drug you are completely lost.