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This seems to be a recent anti-science meme to dismiss studies that use mouse models. I'm sure there is an interesting line of discussion about the strengths an
by 1shooner 7mo ago
This seems to be a recent anti-science meme to dismiss studies that use mouse models. I'm sure there is an interesting line of discussion about the strengths and limits of those models, but that's probably a complex, nuanced thread to pull, not something you blow off with a hand-waving internet comment.
- inanutshellus 7mo agoTo some degree the other posts are just pointing out the misleading "assumed protagonist" of the title (which doesn't mention mice) but I was surprised to see that the majority of posts boiled down to "eek! mice!"
- znpy 7mo agoI bet it started with people trying to 1-up other commenters via the usual “achtually…” and then proceeding with the “in mice” notice.
- MarkusQ 7mo agoIt's not anti-science, it's anti-science-journalism-hype. Science depends on accurately reporting facts, being clear about the limits of your findings, and seeking explanations that survive scrutiny. Science journalism has other priorities that are often in conflict with those of science.
- 1shooner 7mo agoIn this case, it was in the headline of the article. I don't know how much clearer one would expect it to be.
- asdff 7mo agoI wish I could filter the word mice or mouse out of hn comments because as you say every single one are low effort gotcha's that I will never get my time back from. It is like these armchair scientists don't understand that the actual scientists know the limits of the model system better than they do.