Carlos Costa Ribeiro
@carloscostaribeiro.bsky.social
Sociologist, IESP-UERJ. Stratification and social mobility, life course, inequality, education, race, etc
It is a global trend, the same kind of arguments have been used by far right groups in Brazil.
June 30, 2025 at 10:52 PM
It is a global trend, the same kind of arguments have been used by far right groups in Brazil.
Reposted by Carlos Costa Ribeiro
Nancy Cartwright has really smart critiques of how “it worked somewhere” can be really “dicey” evidence and generally does NOT warrant a causal claim. Her classic TWO (!) page piece here is brilliant: www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
A philosopher's view of the long road from RCTs to effectiveness
For evidence-based practice and policy, randomised controlled trials (RCTs) are the
current gold standard. But exactly why? We know that RCTs do not, without a series
of strong assumptions, warrant pr...
www.thelancet.com
April 18, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Nancy Cartwright has really smart critiques of how “it worked somewhere” can be really “dicey” evidence and generally does NOT warrant a causal claim. Her classic TWO (!) page piece here is brilliant: www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...