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[โ€“] OneWomanCreamTeam@sh.itjust.works 7 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Catherine McCoid and LeRoy McDermott hypothesize that...

[โ€“] Liz@midwest.social 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Speculation and a hypothesis are two very different levels of certainty in a claim. I suppose, though, that this area of research is somewhat forced to use more certain language than other areas would be comfortable with, given the same quality of evidence. Recognize that "we're just guessing here" also applies to the claim in the meme.