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> However, as Dr. Loprinzi points out, this study is purely associational, so cannot show whether exercise actually causes changes in telomere length, only that
by ljk 11y ago
> However, as Dr. Loprinzi points out, this study is purely associational, so cannot show whether exercise actually causes changes in telomere length, only that people who exercise have longer telomeres.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteridge's_law_of_headlines https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteridge's_law_of_headlines
- danso 11y agoI don't think that that principle applies here. Betteridge's Law implies that the OP knows the answer to be "No". In this situation, the OP doesn't know the answer -- and so appropriately mentions that the headline is a question that researchers are actually asking and hoping to answer at some point.
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