Skip to main content

An ultimate student

A kid who ended up in a killing game.
Guy 1:Who are you?

Guy 2:I'm an Ultimate student.

Guy 1:Oh, so your in a killing game?
by YAHHHHHHHHOOOOO July 8, 2021
mugGet the An ultimate student mug.

Hoosac Valley Student

A bunch of trash talking kids. Whom only get opportunities and succeed if they are dickheads and dress like dumpsters. The students are narrow-minded and refuse to accept different or any ideas because they cannot form their own. Hoosac Valley is definition torture and the students faces are even worse. PS: They are trash at sports.
Jan: “Oh you’re a Hoosac Valley Student, I didn’t know you were a dumpster fire.”
Fred: “Of course that’s how I got in!”
by NotSoTrashy October 21, 2021
mugGet the Hoosac Valley Student mug.

James Bowie Student Council

The voice of the student body at James Bowie Highschool in Arlington, Texas
Did you know that James Bowie Student Council

runs most of the events at our school?
by pp powered cum October 29, 2022
mugGet the James Bowie Student Council mug.

as a science student

When your dad is raging because you can't fix something yet you are studying science at university. Can also be said as "as a shtienshe shtudent"
Beta, as a science student, you should know: Insert text here
by Figusmethat April 12, 2023
mugGet the as a science student mug.

Petrie Willink as Dutch Student

Petrie's the Dutch Student, learning the ropes of the atomic age, a fresh face in a world of giants.
Example of how it's used in a sentence:

Person 1: Who's that Dutch Student in Oppenheimer?

Person 2: Petrie Willink as Dutch Student in Oppenheimer, fresh on the atomic scene dude!
by courtofowls September 5, 2023
mugGet the Petrie Willink as Dutch Student mug.

Ichs_teachers_and_students

My favorite Instagram page is ichs_teachers_and_students
by Ichs_t&s November 20, 2023
mugGet the Ichs_teachers_and_students mug.
The problem of external validity (the "lab vs. world" gap). Controlled studies, especially randomized controlled trials (RCTs), are the gold standard for establishing causality. But to achieve control, you must isolate variables in an artificial, simplified environment. The hard problem is that this very act of control often strips away the real-world context, complexity, and interactions that determine how a treatment or phenomenon actually functions in the wild. What works perfectly in a double-blind RCT might fail or cause harm in a messy society because people aren't lab rats and the world isn't a sterile cage.
Example: A prestigious RCT proves a new antidepressant is highly effective. But the study excluded people with substance abuse issues, chronic pain, or more than two other medications—a large portion of real-world patients. When prescribed widely, the drug shows severe side effects and lower efficacy because it interacts with dozens of variables absent from the lab. The hard problem: The more perfectly you control a study to prove internal causality, the less it can tell you about external applicability. The quest for purity in evidence can render the evidence irrelevant to complex reality. Hard Problem of Controlled Studies.
by Enkigal January 24, 2026
mugGet the Hard Problem of Controlled Studies mug.

Share this definition

Sign in to vote

We'll email you a link to sign in instantly.

Or

Check your email

We sent a link to

Open your email