Truly our educational system has failed us. People don’t check sources. Don’t understand statistics. Fall victim to logic fallacies. And so much more en.ssi.dk/news/news/20...
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But I saw it on Facebook! Cuz that poster listening to rfk jr knows more than doctors, scientists, and decades of studies and peer reviews.
aug 20, 2025, 2:45 pm • 2 0 • view
This one really gets me… people don’t get that peer review is not a singular standard. Each pub. has its own peer review process. The Lancet’s & New England Journal of Medicine both have rigorous peer review processes. Is it a junk journal with weak peer review process?
aug 21, 2025, 2:48 pm • 0 0 • view
I had someone lecture me on the dangers of vaccines and they held up a junk study as evidence. When I pointed this out. I got, it’s peer reviewed. I said did you check the source and quality of peer review. “It’s PubMed, dr’s rely on that.”
aug 21, 2025, 2:49 pm • 0 0 • view
Yes, but you understand that PubMed is a database (library) right? It didn’t publish the article, that was X journal. You can just access the article through PubMed. Further, X Journal has a significant history of retractions and having peer review acceptance reversed.
aug 21, 2025, 2:49 pm • 0 0 • view
Did you check out its peer reviewed process. Is it a rigorous process? Did you look at the study size? Is so small as to be irrelevant in drawing statistical conclusions? “But, but it’s peer reviewed.”
aug 21, 2025, 2:49 pm • 0 0 • view
Please. Check sources people - it’s really not that hard. Do not give me a study of less than 70 people when I can point to a study of over a million.
aug 21, 2025, 2:50 pm • 0 0 • view
I’m not a medical professional. Do I am not qualified to critique the science. But very simple research skills that everyone should learn in junior high should be used as a guide on credibility
aug 21, 2025, 2:52 pm • 0 0 • view
💯 Bonita! Association does not mean causation.
aug 20, 2025, 11:08 am • 0 0 • view
And for heavens sake, schools should teach basic statistics. I know it is not a subject many like… but just the basics so that people understand the importance of things like sample size.
aug 21, 2025, 3:01 pm • 1 0 • view
Don’t show me a junk study of less than 70 people and doggedly latch onto as ‘proof’ and then disregard a study of over million. A small study can be an important indication of further research needed. But the statistical relevance is apple and oranges
aug 21, 2025, 3:01 pm • 1 0 • view
when next to a large study done over significant time.
aug 21, 2025, 3:01 pm • 1 0 • view