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tblue37

(65,483 posts) Fri Jan 21, 2022, 04:33 PM Jan 2022

"Are cats good?" (LOL)

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"Are cats good?" (LOL) (Original Post) tblue37 Jan 2022 OP

If Faux pas Jan 2022 #1

Good relative to what? getagrip_already Jan 2022 #2

The "two-person consensus" methodology Pinback Jan 2022 #3

Notice the journal's name: The Journal of Catalogical Sciences tblue37 Jan 2022 #4

*Snort* I missed that! Pinback Jan 2022 #6

"Future studies may benefit from asking cats for their opinion." That applies to highplainsdem Jan 2022 #5

"Science" Angleae Jan 2022 #7

HA! Thanks! Karadeniz Jan 2022 #8

Cats make civilization possible Wolf Frankula Jan 2022 #9

Faux pas

(14,690 posts)

1. If

Reply to tblue37 (Original post)

Fri Jan 21, 2022, 04:35 PM

Jan 2022

you ask a cat, he/she will tell you cats are the greatest! That's what mine tells me anyway

getagrip_already

(14,825 posts)

2. Good relative to what?

Reply to tblue37 (Original post)

Fri Jan 21, 2022, 04:46 PM

Jan 2022

And in what context?

Good is not a scientifically measurable attribute. Probably not even in psychology.

Cats are very good at being cats though. And that's all that counts to me.

Pinback

(12,164 posts)

3. The "two-person consensus" methodology

Reply to tblue37 (Original post)

Fri Jan 21, 2022, 04:57 PM

Jan 2022

once again proves indispensable in the quest for scientific truth.

This reads like something from that old nerd humor favorite, The Journal of Irreproducible Results.

Updated with link to the JIR (archived copy):
https://web.archive.org/web/20190926055757/http://www.jir.com/