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Great entertainment for anyone with basic knowledge of statistics: read medical papers. Lots of laughs to be had. Most experiments are bogus. Most conclusions are drawn with little in the way of supporting evidence, often without controlling for obvious confounding factors. Correlation is implied to mean causation. Extrapolations abound, both for concentrations (i.e. if I give this mouse a megadose of X it'll die, hence X is harmful) and between species (mice grow tumors if I give them a ton of X, so humans will too if they consume a tiny fraction of the amount per unit of body weight). Most of it is basically bro science, except expressed in much longer words.
parent general_ai 9 years ago

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