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loegyesterday at 10:53 PM1 replyview on HN

There's a hypothesized mechanism, but again, no actual demonstration of causality. No one is RCTing brushing teeth, for obvious reasons.


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echelonyesterday at 11:21 PM

Proposed mechanisms are better than statistical handwaving.

This gives researchers (the lab kind) something to investigate.

I respect this kind of science a lot more than statistical paper pushing.