http://wintershaven.net/2008/12/24/misleading-factoid/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 01:51:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://wintershaven.net/2008/12/24/misleading-factoid/comment-page-1/#comment-385 Tyler Wed, 24 Dec 2008 10:04:54 +0000 http://wintershaven.net/?p=231#comment-385 Similarly, I hate it when news organizations cite scientific papers as proving some fact, when there is no scientific consenses, or even the author of the paper they cite is claiming something much less strong. They have headlines like "Jelly donuts cause cancer!", when all that was shown was that rats may have a slightly higher chance of getting cancer after being fed nothing but liquified jelly donuts intravenously for three straight months. Similarly, I hate it when news organizations cite scientific papers as proving some fact, when there is no scientific consenses, or even the author of the paper they cite is claiming something much less strong. They have headlines like “Jelly donuts cause cancer!”, when all that was shown was that rats may have a slightly higher chance of getting cancer after being fed nothing but liquified jelly donuts intravenously for three straight months.

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