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I Fooled Millions into Thinking Chocolate Helps Weight Loss. Here's How
- georgebarnett 11y agoGood, Cheap, Fast - pick two. Our present information delivery systems incentivise speed of delivery and click-bait titles and this was setup to exploit both. Good still exists as an option but I see no evidence that the masses are willing to wait (or pay) for it as they scroll through their feeds.
- fsloth 11y agoOne of the interesting bits is how to hack experimental science to promote a substance. Pick a substance, pick a small test group and watch as many variables as you can during a limited test span. The interesting bit is not only that the media got took for a spin - this hacking is often accidental and real problem in contemporary science publication as it creates an ocean of pure noise that gives the first impression of good data. Until this situation clears out I'm not holding high hopes for pure data mining based medical research.