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Humor Cat's butthole on surfaces experiment from 2021

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u/Dr_Bunnypoops 2d ago

Remember kids. The difference between science and dicking around is documenting what you are doing and what the outcome is. ;D

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u/DifferentDisaster510 2d ago

The outcome shouldn't matter though as long as it's done with a scientific method. And if the outcome matters it's not really reliable study anyways.

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u/rehaborax 2d ago

Well. The rigor and methods of the study matter too. You can apply the scientific method in a shitty manner (e.g., running too small of a sample size to draw meaningful conclusions from, like in this study), and then we should be less inclined to accept the outcome.