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That complaint is reasonable when some headline makes some simple result sound like a possible cure for some dread condition. When it's just complaining about a
by joe_the_user 4y ago
That complaint is reasonable when some headline makes some simple result sound like a possible cure for some dread condition. When it's just complaining about an article that's simply general biological research, it becomes annoying.
- rullelito 4y ago
- layer8 4y agoIt’s become a meme: https://twitter.com/justsaysinmice https://twitter.com/justsaysinmice
- jonsen 4y agoLet's be mice to each other.
- the_biot 4y agoThe comment is factual and relevant, in either case. The annoyance is entirely yours.
- rfrey 4y agoIt's also solidly what HN calls a "middlebrow dismissal."
- dundarious 4y agoAgreed, I regularly make comments about how the latest "eating X shown to improve Y" study is effectively an irrelevant guide for your own behavior when it's "just shown in mice". People think they, as a human, should copy a diet that probably doesn't even work in several mice strains, and has a reasonably high chance of never working in humans. So saying "in mice" is a way of saying "maybe don't change your grocery list just yet", which is sensible. But there's nothing in this article that purports to guide/influence the behavior of a member of the general public who wants to promote hair growth. It's just research.