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"Academic press offices are known to overhype their own research. But the
University of Maryland recently took this to appalling new heights — trumpeting
an incredibly shoddy study on chocolate milk and concussions that happened to
benefit a corporate partner."
Just one example of many, unfortunately.
Via Wolfie Rankin and Muse, who added:
"Scientific research has brought us many great things. My grandmother was a
research scientist and a discoverer of the B complexes and worked with the man
who discovered vitamin C. The scientific method is superb, but it's only as
good as the people applying it (the same goes for journalism and journalistic
ethics). The below is terrifying because it not only puts scientific enquiry
into disrepute, it spawns reasonable skepticism of the scientific community. So
when DO we listen to scientists. Clearly not all the time."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
