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I do not like headlines that say 'scientists show link between x and y'. It sounds too causal. Rather, journalists should try to write 'scientists observed x co
by clircle 6y ago
I do not like headlines that say 'scientists show link between x and y'. It sounds too causal. Rather, journalists should try to write 'scientists observed x correlates with y'
- darawk 6y agoThey didn't observe a correlation, though. They observed Herpes causing Alzheimers lesions in vitro.
- trianglem 6y agoIt should be very easy to test for correlation though since both conditions are usually medically documented. If the correlation is not that high then this story probably doesn’t mean all that much.