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Apparently we should add "in mice", "single study", "small study" and about 14 other disclaimers to every HN title about science. If you care desperately about
by Ensorceled 3y ago
Apparently we should add "in mice", "single study", "small study" and about 14 other disclaimers to every HN title about science.
If you care desperately about "in mice" find a less "general interest" news source.
- yjftsjthsd-h 3y ago> Apparently we should add "in mice", "single study", "small study" and about 14 other disclaimers to every HN title about science. That would be nice, yes. Otherwise there's an endless stream of "revolutionary" discoveries that turn out to be nothing.
- Zetice 3y agoAnd what a tragedy that would be. Positively unrecoverable, we might end up remembering we’re not experts, this is not a scientific website, and fun/excitement/entertainment is a good thing.
- johnnyanmac 3y agoI don't think it has to be as binary as "nothing" or "we found the cure for cancer". we do these experinebts on mice due to similar-ish brain chemistry. It hopefully leads to controlled human studies and then we start devloping medicine that way. It's always a process.
- mellosouls 3y agoIts not about caring desperately about "in mice", it's about respecting HN as a feed of articles that represent their titles. The underlying study that this PR hype piece is advertising does not, and correctly includes "in mice".
- YurgenJurgensen 3y ago“Room temperature superconductivity discovered in mice.” would be an interesting turn of events at least.