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Necessary context for this article can be found in an earlier Hacker News comment http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5196734 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?

Necessary context for this article can be found in an earlier Hacker News comment http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5196734 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5196734 by another participant on an earlier article from the same blog: > > It appears you've made some sort of resolution to publish and promote a blog entry per day in 2013. 40 entries in 41 days this year vs. 46 in all of 2012. You should reconsider - whatever your reasons were, I doubt they included a desire to develop a reputation for presenting topics that were sensationalized and thinly researched [1] produced with a pace that ensures discredited theories dont get reviewed. [1] http://asserttrue.blogspot.com/2013/02/drug-companies-stop-hiding-your-data.html%E3%80%80 http://asserttrue.blogspot.com/2013/02/drug-companies-stop-h... > Wow, nice spot and they have all been submitted to HN. I have never seen anyone's submission history be so hell bent on self promotion: https://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=techdog https://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=techdog That was followed up by another set of comments: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5240084 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5240084 > I'm beginning to flag these posts. I agree.

Dylan16807 14y ago
What the hell do placebos have to do with this article? And I still think the most important part of that article was that placebo ingredients were not included in studies, making them hard to understand/reproduce. Wasn't that completely accurate? Set aside any implications that may or may not have been there. I'll give that it's probably poorly researched, but what you're linking is only half-relevant to that.
aaron695 14y ago
Good links. Looking at past posts some are a little out there (Read crazy conspiracy theories) Shame, it's an interesting idea. Could we be mistaken and the Japanese don't live longer. I believe similar mistakes are happening in blue zone theory. But I'm a firm believer that some people can just can make a good argument about anything. So if they have been very wrong in the past, or very wrong in part of their argument then I take it as now they are wrong and just making a good argument that's fooling my flawed brain.
- Executor 14y ago
  Oh noes, conspiracy-related posts. Closing the tabs to his site right away... or not.

Dylan16807 14y ago

What the hell do placebos have to do with this article? And I still think the most important part of that article was that placebo ingredients were not included in studies, making them hard to understand/reproduce. Wasn't that completely accurate? Set aside any implications that may or may not have been there. I'll give that it's probably poorly researched, but what you're linking is only half-relevant to that.

aaron695 14y ago

Good links. Looking at past posts some are a little out there (Read crazy conspiracy theories) Shame, it's an interesting idea. Could we be mistaken and the Japanese don't live longer. I believe similar mistakes are happening in blue zone theory. But I'm a firm believer that some people can just can make a good argument about anything. So if they have been very wrong in the past, or very wrong in part of their argument then I take it as now they are wrong and just making a good argument that's fooling my flawed brain.

Executor 14y ago
Oh noes, conspiracy-related posts. Closing the tabs to his site right away... or not.