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There should be a public science communication standard that prevents journalists from misleadingly presenting correlation as causation. It is far too common.
by redavni 3y ago
There should be a public science communication standard that prevents journalists from misleadingly presenting correlation as causation. It is far too common.
- WoahNoun 3y agoI don't see where in the article they imply causation. They use the words "linked" and "associated." In fact, they specifically call out they don't have a causal explanation. >As an observational study, the research was not able to determine what is causing the link between housing tenure and biological ageing, and the DNA samples analysed so far were only from white, European householders.
- oldgradstudent 3y agoIt's not only the journalists that are in fault here. There's a huge academic industrial complex generating this type of crap.