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A new study proves parachutes are useless
- smt88 8y agotl;dr -- it's satire > The authors explain that the whole study was designed to highlight the limitations of randomized trials and the dangers of not reading past the first paragraph of a study.
- m0llusk 8y agoIn 2000 while visiting the top of the World Trade Center I decided if I worked in an extremely tall building I would want a parachute just in case. Unfortunately it seems no one else entertained such worst case thinking.
- bjourne 8y agoYes, but at what p-value?
- hyperman1 8y agoGreat title. In fact, I don't even know if I have to flag it to the editors as misleading or not.