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Epidemiologist. Writer (Guardian, Observer etc). "Well known research trouble-maker". PhDing at @UoW Host of @senscipod Email gidmk.healthnerd@gmail.com he/him

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    1. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 24 Jun 2018

      Important point: something can be "evidence-based" and still not be perfect Arguing that something is not "evidence-based" when it very clearly is merely makes you seem disingenuous and/or ignorant

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    2. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 24 Jun 2018

      You can question the evidence, talk about the pros and cons of such a strategy etc But if you just deny that there is any evidence to support a patently well-researched position, it's hard not to just ignore everything you're saying

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    4. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 24 Jun 2018
      Replying to @joshcnicholas

      Definitely. My usage of words varies widely from audience to audience; I often say things in my blog that I'd get excoriated for in scientific papers, but whether something is a "fact" or not is one of the hardest things to decide

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    6. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 24 Jun 2018
      Replying to @joshcnicholas

      It's weird, because I sometimes swing either way. On the one hand, you see studies that have found basically nothing being touted as the most amazing thing ever, but you also get really cool, interesting findings ignored because they aren't communicated well enough

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    7. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 24 Jun 2018
      Replying to @GidMK @joshcnicholas

      There's definitely an enormous misunderstanding generally about what statistical significance means, and what it doesn't. Similarly with risks/odds ratios and the like. People love figures, even though a lot of the time they're totally meaningless

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      Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 24 Jun 2018
      Replying to @joshcnicholas

      That's also very true. People see a single study as some sort of indelible proof, separate from the many theoretical anchors that actually hold it all in place

      8:23 PM - 24 Jun 2018
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        1. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 24 Jun 2018
          Replying to @GidMK @joshcnicholas

          That being said, I'd say tax cuts is a perfect example of where virtually all discussion is theoretical, and the evidence is almost never actually addressed. People debate over trivialities that have long been disproven, rather than looking for factual evidence to make their case

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