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Reminds of the parachute study that was shared here recently: https://healthjournalism.org/blog/2019/02/breakthrough-research-reveals-parachutes-dont-prevent-d
by cscurmudgeon 4y ago
Reminds of the parachute study that was shared here recently:
https://healthjournalism.org/blog/2019/02/breakthrough-research-reveals-parachutes-dont-prevent-death-when-jumping-from-a-plane/ https://healthjournalism.org/blog/2019/02/breakthrough-resea...
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- HPsquared 4y agoI love the meta irony of this article, taking the (somewhat satirical) journal article and playing along as an example of overblown science journalism with the headline "Breakthrough research reveals parachutes don’t prevent death when jumping from a plane". It's beautiful....
- exfatloss 4y agoDid they even use a control group?! And was it double blinded?
- sundvor 4y ago“We think that everyone might benefit if the most radical protagonists of evidence-based medicine organized and participated in a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled, crossover trial of the parachute.” I'm still crying. :)