I've been thinking about this post on Slate Star Codex for several days, because it seems to encapsulate so much about what we're currently experiencing across every dimension of life: Our experts, our elites, don't seem to know what they think they do. https://slatestarcodex.com/2019/05/07/5-httlpr-a-pointed-review/ …
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TL;DR: Researchers find a gene linked to depression. The more they study it, the more connections they find. Over the years, hundreds of scientific studies back this gene's importance to understanding depression + mental health As Scott says, the only problem? It was all lies.pic.twitter.com/9hbQc8aRhi
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*Psychological* researchers hypothesized that a gene was linked to depression and tested with their usual methods *Geneticists* used their methods and showed that psych methods were woeful - so much so that the only plausible reason for using them is desire to commit fraudpic.twitter.com/cwPnDL1VJn
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