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pazooPositivityPlayer
This is science darn it!
myquietfantasy
They each believe the other is the control group.
sunnydayingermany
Peer review
hippocampus
a triple-blind study!
blipblow
hellterskellter
KGB, STAZI, ... method. make his neighbor watch him, and in threes...
BioGoji1989
This could mean serious advances in the field of social science.
bobblejabba23
Who watches the watchmen?
Grimmrog
they watch eahc other. the circle of watch
PackedCatMeowingPowerDensity
Or China, Russia and the US all reporting their respective other's authoritarianism.
kanaroney
It’s weird that one-way mirrors and two-way mirrors are the same thing.
clearcontroller
the group at the top left is slacking, dudes on his phone
LurkerOfDarkness
Either all groups have a slacker, or it's not a phone...
clearcontroller
Only one group doesn't have someone on the laptop as my reply to my own comment. Can't edit it
Gibenitural
Naah, he's calling up vendors. Grants are finished. Time to beg for discounts paid for by contingency funds
clearcontroller
instead of being on the laptop*
noodlewood
one way mirrors dont exist
kullinnuppi
A regular mirror is a one way mirror isn't it though
noodlewood
you are completely right, i apologize. but that doesnt mean, you can look through from the other side
kullinnuppi
Yeah, having purchased and used 2-way mirrors before I kkow what you're getting at
kullinnuppi
*know
Megamastermetamememaker
I don't want to be the one, but: "one-waymirrors" in this configuration wouldn't work...
GhostsofAcid
Um, actually..
LoewSodiumBacon
I was going to say something....gald someone else did.
Finduses
Also why not just use cameras that way it isn't as obvious to the scientists
Zreen
why?
OverMyDadBody
Then large screens and cameras. Is about the notion, no need for nitpicking.
P0TATOS
Just use hidden cameras...
Neotic357
Modernize; Large screen with small camera on the other side of the wall.
nannalykke
Make sure cameras can see from all angles, otherwise data might be lost!
jesuischarliehebdo
Do it with cameras and monitors then. Science is the way.
WellAckchually
Make them all regular windows, but tell the scientists they're one way mirrors.
MrSaturday
Genius.
DwayneTheCrackJohnson
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/19/world/asia/japan-transparent-toilets.html
TheDarkNerd
Those work like liquid crystal, so from both sides, it can either be transparent or opaque. You can't have just one side transparent.
IHateCakeDays
How I’m not surprised that somebody with your name knows about Japanese toilets
DwayneTheCrackJohnson
It's a play on words in Finnish, so how so?
IHateCakeDays
I know, and meaning of them also when combined.
DwayneTheCrackJohnson
Well, cool! :) it had nothing to do with anything japanese when coming up with the idea. It was akshully inspired by @kuukerinelli .
ramblingsofanemptymind
The circle of judgement.
Beezlebubble
AND IT MOVES US ALLLLLLLL
palmo
That's a triangle.
Odmanra
Better known as a circle jerk!
BojanglesTheFlyingCar
The rhombus of terror
DaveTheBardbarian
The parabola of mysteries?
BojanglesTheFlyingCar
Pentacus
The hexagon of perturbation
GlowstickJedi
The trapezoid of trepidation
UnicornCock
The triangle of white papers
TheSilverSeraph
I've seen stupider research projects get grant money (and yes, I have been on national grant review panels)
Psychonoticon
Right. It’s hard not to be cynical seeing so much ridiculousness.
MarkWatneysVicodinPotato
Were you the guy who approved the shrimp treadmill study?
LionRaider
https://www.npr.org/2011/08/23/139852035/shrimp-on-a-treadmill-the-politics-of-silly-studies
TheSilverSeraph
Hell no! But in times past I’ve looked at rat exercise studies, some quite interesting
sometimesiupvoteatrandom
majorminers
And you said stupider. I hope you see that as funny.
SomeGuyInCanada
Hey, its only stupid unless you record the results. Then its Science!
TheSilverSeraph
Let me assure you there is plenty of stupid science. I often check out the IgNobel prizes for a good laugh
StorytellingSalem
Any advice?
DaveTheScientist
Design experiments such that no matter what the results are, they are useful. Also, collaboration can be very helpful.
StorytellingSalem
Thank you!!!
TheSilverSeraph
Get into something more lucrative! (sorry been feeling a bit jaded recently)
TheSilverSeraph
But seriously, try to come up with a good research question, make sure your methodology is detailed and right and collaborate wisely
StorytellingSalem
Thank you!
TheSilverSeraph
Sorry I can't be more specific in char limit, but the last one is very important early/mid career
brickius
Oh you can't stop there without some stories!!!!
twothousandofsomething
Doot
jamiejenkz19923
Not my story just read it somewhere.. one uni in the uk got like a 1.5mill grant to do studies and research on fruit pastels
MampokisiThunder
@brickiuis right. Feed us...
Xedi22
My uncle did his PhD thesis on procrastination. Specifically in post-grad academia. So...about itself, although that wasn’t stated.
LokiShinigami
Teaching a dolphin to speak English by having a woman co-habitat in a waterery house (it only learned that human females will jerk it off)
NoOneKnowsImLying
Wait, the woman gave the Dolphin hand jobs?
LokiShinigami
Yes. 1965, $50 Billion dollars in funds, some LSD and 15 years of research Conducted by NASA to see if Dolphins could talk. (1/2)
LokiShinigami
Her name was Margaret Howe Lovatt, and there's even a BBC documentary about it called "The Girl who talked to Dolphins"
TheSilverSeraph
Lol, I've left myself open there! I don't want to reveal details to protect the guilty and also to avoid burning bridges. But compared to /1
TheSilverSeraph
other grants I've reviewed, this is at least A. Controlled B. (Presumably) randomized C. Blinded (at least for the first round) /2
TheSilverSeraph
D. Answers a novel question E. May be relevant to the real world. Need details on sample size. Still better than some I've reviewed
TheSilverSeraph
Actually I take back point A. It is not controlled. Needs control group of researchers not in that environment, but who/how to observe? /4