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I Fooled Millions Into Thinking Chocolate Helps Weight Loss. Here’s How.

Posted on May 28, 2015 by mea

Other than those fibs, the study was 100 percent authentic. My colleagues and I recruited actual human subjects in Germany. We ran an actual clinical trial, with subjects randomly assigned to different diet regimes. And the statistically significant benefits of … Continue reading →

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An Epidemic of False Claims

Posted on May 26, 2015 by mea

False positives and exaggerated results in peer-reviewed scientific studies have reached epidemic proportions in recent years. The problem is rampant in economics, the social sciences and even the natural sciences, but it is particularly egregious in biomedicine. via An Epidemic … Continue reading →

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The Science of Why Comment Trolls Suck

Posted on January 15, 2013 by mea

The upshot of this research? This is not your father’s media environment any longer. In the golden oldie days of media, newspaper articles were consumed in the context of…other newspaper articles. But now, adds Scheufele, it’s like “reading the news … Continue reading →

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