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Here we go again -- a likely meaningless correlation that someone tries to make persuasive with the word "linked". Proposal: in popular science writing, automa
by lutusp 13y ago
Here we go again -- a likely meaningless correlation that someone tries to make persuasive with the word "linked".
Proposal: in popular science writing, automatically replace the word "linked" with "rumored".
- gwern 13y agoCats have already been linked via toxo to mental changes, so it's not quite as bad as the usual research. (I wonder how much it'd cost to randomly assign cats to volunteers? Pay for their food and vet bills and there'd probably be a lot of takers.)