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Message: <blockquote data-quote="brocknroller" data-source="post: 3267602" data-attributes="member: 665">Calling time on ‘anecdotal’ evidenceAfter reading Steve C.'s post where he referred to (hopefully jokingly) everybody who ever experienced focuser problems with Swaros as "OCD," and then calling for some objective test as the only answer to this debate, it was obvious that his post proved the hopelessness of such a test. After all, who would set the standard for a machine or device to test what level of "stiction" or how much harder a focuser turns in one direction than the other or how much "squeak" is acceptable for everybody? Binoculars are used by humans and only the humans who use the binoculars can be the judge of these things. It's not like doing a resolution test or photographing CA or SA, etc. (even then, these tests are often preformed at high powers, so what they find may not be noticeable by the human eye @ 8x or 10x). "Anecdotal" is all we have when it comes to focusers, and that might not be a bad thing even though it's often dismissed because in this age of science, objectivity is seen as the "end all authority." Not necessarily when it comes to human behavior, as this researcher writes: A ceasefire may have been declared in the paradigm wars but ideas about what counts as real evidence runs deep argues Dr Cathy Sharp, Director of Research for Real. We lose too many chances to learn about what matters when stories of lived experience, that can cut to the heart of the issues, are discounted. Research and evaluation reports, Sharp argues, provide information and argument but stories provide insight and the empathy needed for action.<a href="http://www.alliance4usefulevidence.org/calling-time-on-anecdotal-evidence/" target="_blank">calling-time-on-anecdotal-evidence/</a></blockquote>

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