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The title draws the opposite conclusion of the paper itself (https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapediatrics/fullarticle/2666777 https://jamanetwork.com/journal
by haberman 9y ago
The title draws the opposite conclusion of the paper itself (https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapediatrics/fullarticle/2666777 https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapediatrics/fullarticle/...):
> Conclusions and Relevance: This study overcomes past limitations of studies of BLL and crime by studying the association in a place and time where the correlation was not confounded by childhood socioeconomic status. Findings failed to support a dose-response association between BLL and consequential criminal offending.
The author of this Mother Jones article, a long-time supporter of the hypothesis, re-analyzed the raw data himself and concluded that (surprise) the paper reinforces his pre-existing beliefs.
I really desperately want to read scientific information about the world that I can trust isn't being filtered through the biases and passions of humans. I want to be able to trust that people are following the data to wherever it may lead. In our hyper-partisan world, that seems harder and harder to come by.
- gumby 9y ago> I really desperately want to read scientific information about the world that I can trust isn't being filtered through the biases and passions of humans. I want to be able to trust that people are following the data to wherever it may lead. Good luck. That’s inherently impossible (and there’s good science on the subject). However your core point is correct: the article is an absurd misrepresentation of the study. I agree with you that we need more attention to squashing concious bias.
- olssy 9y agoI actually appreciated the article offering another conclusion as the author did clearly indicate the originals papers conclusion. This isn't the first time papers using data from this study(https://dunedinstudy.otago.ac.nz/ https://dunedinstudy.otago.ac.nz/) has lead(excuse my pun) to controversial conclusions.
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