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estearumtoday at 1:23 PM1 replyview on HN

Except the data is completely useless. Especially given the extremely strong selection biases towards: status/image-obsessed; high-risk; low-intelligence; generally high appetite for a constellation of dubious interventions.


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bluefirebrandtoday at 2:25 PM

The data isn't entirely useless. It might be a good signal of areas to point legitimate research toward

Narrowing down areas into "Anecdotally many people say it works, we should check" does have some value, even if it does just wind up debunking the claims

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