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Skepticism, Science & Pseudoscience

Warpy

(113,131 posts)

1. You need to read this stuff with a jaundiced eye

Reply to BootinUp (Original post)

Sat May 27, 2023, 12:27 PM

May 2023

For instance, how big was the study? What variables were and were not considered? What sort of population were they looking at? How long did the study last? Most of all, what is the confirmation bias?

Asking those questions will make you the popular press's worst nightmare and keep you from taking things like dietary hysteria too seriously.

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