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If you bike to work, you live longer, new study confirms
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No it doesn't. Their conclusion is "This study strengthens the evidence that active commuting has population-level health benefits and can contribute to reduced morbidity and mortality."
sounds like confirmation to me, an apt popular science headline. maybe you think “confirms” means “proves”?
Well, english is not my first language, but according to Google (they get their word meanings from Oxford) "confirm" means "establish the truth or correctness of (something previously believed or suspected to be the case)." Perhaps in this specific situation "confirm" has different meaning?
Also, there is a lot wrong how science is communicated in popular media. Taking singular study, coming up with sensational (and incorrect) title and making statements that aren't in line with the study is not the way how science should be communicated. Even if there are multiple news outlets writing numerous such articles doesn't make it right, correct or even acceptable.
definitely not trying to speak well of all popular science titles, just saying that this one seems perfectly acceptable :)
and yeah, that Oxford dictionary isn’t giving you the definition used in the scientific sense, so that’s your problem:
i checked Oxford Learner’s, and the meaning used in this context is number 2 just below what you found.
language is confusing but this is definitely the scientific one the article means.
Confirm pretty much does mean prove, especially in this context.
false, sorry op/mod you are wrong especially in this context: https://iep.utm.edu/confirmation-and-induction/
Sorry, maybe it's just been a long day but I don't quite see how that means that confirmation does not mean anything other than it is either proven or at least very likely to be the case.
The first sentence is
I haven't exhaustively read every bit of the webpage but so far I am not seeing anything that contradicts the above. What am I missing here?
two very different things :) scientific folks try to be very specific with their language
Splitting hairs, but that's science for you I guess. To be fair, I did say "pretty much" though :P