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A fact a study caught once, dressed up to sound like a law of nature.
means A result or conclusion produced by research or investigation, reported as if it settles the matter.
from From 'find,' traced back through Old English 'findan,' a solid Germanic verb (related to German 'finden,' Dutch 'vinden') meaning simply to come upon or discover. The noun 'finding' followed naturally — the thing found — and picked up its legal and scientific sense (a jury's finding, a study's finding) from the idea of an official act of discovery or determination, something arrived at rather than merely asserted.
- not proof
- One finding rarely survives a second look
- replication crisis
- Most psychology findings fail to replicate
- media trap
- Headlines upgrade findings into eternal truths
- best use
- Treat it as a clue, not a verdict