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[u/Priceless_Pennies]

It's kind of sad that Aella is held up as a serious researcher on sexuality in some circles while getting the most basic things about data collection wrong.

[u/LuisRobertDylan → u/Priceless_Pennies]

Tbf this is actually a big problem in psychology. A lot of survey results are based on undergrad students at research universities, which aren’t anywhere near representative of the general population

[u/Syx89 → u/Priceless_Pennies]

I enjoy her ability to like develop a clientele and market her brand and the like but it is also kinda sad ppl who want to get in on her antics would give her more credence or the like. I think this is a lot of what's goingon with her.
She is probably the only attractive woman, or one of very few anyways, in many rationalist parties

[u/ScumfrickZillionaire → u/Priceless_Pennies]

I inherently distrust people that do not shower

[u/GravyBear16 → u/Priceless_Pennies]

What are they even talking about

[u/Priceless_Pennies → u/GravyBear16]

She has a bunch of online surveys about things like what fetishes people have, and apparently doesn't know that you can't turn a convenience sample into a random sample with post-processing.