This reminds me of how some studies are proven to be true but the reason they are true are not the reasons the author of the study presents. Instead, the true-n

This reminds me of how some studies are proven to be true but the reason they are true are not the reasons the author of the study presents. Instead, the true-ness is either a coincidence or a correlation, not causation. These people go on to write books and entire industries are formed around these hypothetical truths and it takes years to undo the damage of the original study (e.g. marshmallow test, jam experiment)