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To be fair, The "Causes Cancer" rather than other alarmist results from using Facebook et al came from a Daily Mail report - and the Daily Mail is a rag that se
by bdfh42 18y ago
To be fair, The "Causes Cancer" rather than other alarmist results from using Facebook et al came from a Daily Mail report - and the Daily Mail is a rag that seems to add a gratuitous "Causes Cancer" or "Cures Cancer" tag to any (even pseudo) scientific report.
- m0nty 18y agoAs Goldacre himself puts it: "The Daily Mail, as you know, is engaged in a philosophical project of mythic proportions: for many years now it has diligently been sifting through all the inanimate objects in the world, soberly dividing them into the ones which either cause - or cure - cancer." http://www.badscience.net/2007/12/a-rather-long-build-up-to-one-punchline/ http://www.badscience.net/2007/12/a-rather-long-build-up-to-...
- petercooper 18y agoAnd which are or aren't going to steal all of our jobs and escalate violence in the UK :)