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Honest question: is this satire or gpt?

by d--b 3y ago

PapstJL4U 3y ago
deep deep down: >The PARACHUTE trial satirically highlights some of the limitations of randomized controlled trials. Nevertheless, we believe that such trials remain the gold standard for the evaluation of most new treatments. The PARACHUTE trial does suggest, however, that their accurate interpretation requires more than a cursory reading of the abstract.
ksala_ 3y ago
Satire. Also calling out studies that don't reproduce using real life, realistic parameters. It was written in 2018 so definitely no AI.
fransje26 3y ago
Accepted: 22 November 2018.
mannykannot 3y ago
It is clear that it is satire, but it does not really work because it asks the wrong question. When you ask the right question (about travelling in an airplane, not jumping out of one) the fact that commercial aviation is conducted without parachutes (though with seat restraints) makes sense.
- tialaramex 3y ago
  Surely this work's result is indicative for commercial air travel. The vast, vast majority of passengers will leave the aeroplane when it is stationary and they will drop far less than half a meter when disembarking, circumstances in which the parachute was ineffective. So that's not the wrong question at all. The ideal satire ought to bring up what we should do, ridiculing it. For example, the famous "A Modest Proposal" says that we shouldn't consider taxing the wealthy, particularly the people who make most money from Ireland while not even living there. It insists you couldn't even begin to tackle the problem with taxation or other measures, whereas eating babies would solve the problem entirely.
bratgpttamer 3y ago
It's a satirical response to a well-known prior paper critiquing Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM) that essentially said "we have no evidence to support the use of parachutes, so we should re-evaluate our use of parachutes", and concluded with a suggestion that people demanding evidence for simple things should themselves participate in a randomized controlled trial of the parachute.
avs733 3y ago
Its not strictly satire...its meant as commentary It is part of the 'Christmas edition' of the BMJ which is famous for things like this.

Honest question: is this satire or gpt?

by d--b 3y ago

Honest question: is this satire or gpt?

deep deep down: >The PARACHUTE trial satirically highlights some of the limitations of randomized controlled trials. Nevertheless, we believe that such trials remain the gold standard for the evaluation of most new treatments. The PARACHUTE trial does suggest, however, that their accurate interpretation requires more than a cursory reading of the abstract.

ksala_ 3y ago

Satire. Also calling out studies that don't reproduce using real life, realistic parameters. It was written in 2018 so definitely no AI.

fransje26 3y ago

Accepted: 22 November 2018.

mannykannot 3y ago

It is clear that it is satire, but it does not really work because it asks the wrong question. When you ask the right question (about travelling in an airplane, not jumping out of one) the fact that commercial aviation is conducted without parachutes (though with seat restraints) makes sense.

tialaramex 3y ago
Surely this work's result is indicative for commercial air travel. The vast, vast majority of passengers will leave the aeroplane when it is stationary and they will drop far less than half a meter when disembarking, circumstances in which the parachute was ineffective. So that's not the wrong question at all. The ideal satire ought to bring up what we should do, ridiculing it. For example, the famous "A Modest Proposal" says that we shouldn't consider taxing the wealthy, particularly the people who make most money from Ireland while not even living there. It insists you couldn't even begin to tackle the problem with taxation or other measures, whereas eating babies would solve the problem entirely.

bratgpttamer 3y ago

It's a satirical response to a well-known prior paper critiquing Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM) that essentially said "we have no evidence to support the use of parachutes, so we should re-evaluate our use of parachutes", and concluded with a suggestion that people demanding evidence for simple things should themselves participate in a randomized controlled trial of the parachute.

avs733 3y ago

Its not strictly satire...its meant as commentary It is part of the 'Christmas edition' of the BMJ which is famous for things like this.