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"Could" is the ultimate clickbait headline word.
by dinkleberg 22d ago
"Could" is the ultimate clickbait headline word.
- cogman10 22d agoIn some ways I wish that sample size and delta were manditory parts of these sorts of headlines. Like "In a study of 900,000 people, those that drank their coffee were 5% more likely to develop esophageal cancer". At very least it'd stop BS like "In a 10 rat study, peppermint oil cured cancer in 10% of the rats" or "Peppermint oil could cure cancer!" as a lot of scientific reporters would phrase it.
- 99954bb63ccc 22d agoEvery time I read “could” my brain automatically also says “could not!” lol “hot beverages could _not_ cause oesophageal cancer” I know very hot beverages are group 2A probable carcinogen: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IARC_group_2A https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IARC_group_2A