Have you ever heard of the Baloney Detection Kit
Be suspicious of people saying "scientist say"
Wherever possible there must be independent confirmation of the facts
* Encourage substantive debate on the evidence by knowledgeable proponents of all points of view.
* Arguments from authority carry little weight (in science there are no "authorities").
* Spin more than one hypothesis - don't simply run with the first idea that caught your fancy.
* Try not to get overly attached to a hypothesis just because it's yours.
* Quantify, wherever possible.
* If there is a chain of argument every link in the chain must work.
if there are two hypothesis that explain the data equally well choose the simpler.
Most of the time it comes out Baloney
but I think its blip for us
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