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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. James Heathers‏ @jamesheathers 23 Jun 2019

      James Heathers Retweeted James Heathers

      I just wasted 2 hours writing about this, and I can't release it. The text is just luminously, stupidly angry. Basically one long threat with numbers in it. It's the single worst article I've read in years. I will content myself with this: let's thug it.https://twitter.com/jamesheathers/status/1142863287526277120 …

      James Heathers added,

      James Heathers @jamesheathers
      I'm literally too angry to finish writing about this. I can't decide whether to blow it off entirely, or tweet about it, or just put my head in the oven. It's so, so, so bad. https://www.inverse.com/article/56694-why-are-100-calorie-snacks-so-popular …
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    2. James Heathers‏ @jamesheathers 23 Jun 2019

      We never got to this article. The herculanean efforts of @sTeamTraen @OmnesResNetwork and @Research_Tim aside, there's only so much you can do. We stopped at FIFTY. ARTICLES. with errors and we were losing the will to live.pic.twitter.com/MRuFpANqe5

      1 reply 0 retweets 12 likes
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    3. James Heathers‏ @jamesheathers 23 Jun 2019

      So let's get to it now. We don't even need error detection tools. It's a study on cracker consumption. Everyone gets small packets or large packets. Same total.pic.twitter.com/jpnoK80oSU

      2 replies 0 retweets 4 likes
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    4. James Heathers‏ @jamesheathers 23 Jun 2019

      So, people ate from 0 (no crackers) to 400 calories, and this sub-group of overweight people (n=15) ate Mean=383 cals, SD=159? THIS IS IMPOSSIBLE, unless they were eating OTHER PEOPLE'S CRACKERS.pic.twitter.com/lixBfGL9wf

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    5. James Heathers‏ @jamesheathers 23 Jun 2019

      Which isn't mentioned. It's implied that the calorie intake was calculated just by # of crackers per person after the experiment ("After watching the 22‐min show, participants completed questionnaires, and the remaining crackers were counted to calculate their caloric intake.")

      2 replies 0 retweets 8 likes
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    6. James Heathers‏ @jamesheathers 23 Jun 2019

      You don't even need basic error detection tools to determine this, just look at the graph provided. This is mean (**SEM**) for the package vs. BMI group for all four groups. As there is a hard limit at 400kcals, is there nothing suspicious about the large packet BMI>25 group??pic.twitter.com/yGELNfe5qp

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    7. James Heathers‏ @jamesheathers 23 Jun 2019

      I will bet anyone a large sum of money that other errors are present, because the above took about NINETY SECONDS.

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    8. James Heathers‏ @jamesheathers 23 Jun 2019

      I will leave you with this truly absurd quote (from the http://Inverse.com  article again). "One of the 200 that did not get retracted." Words fail me.pic.twitter.com/8VwTEA3WIX

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    9. James Heathers‏ @jamesheathers 23 Jun 2019

      I cannot fully describe just how contemptible and inaccurate I find this article, which reads as a partial rehabilitation of terrible science because it sounds fun and biscuit companies like it.

      3 replies 2 retweets 35 likes
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    10. matti heino‏ @Heinonmatti 23 Jun 2019
      Replying to @jamesheathers

      James, I'm looking for ~recent examples of research that affect (or have affected) the day-to-day lives of people, in spite of being unforgivably bad. It's for a social sciences course on getting fooled by data. Any favourites/suggestions?

      6 replies 2 retweets 6 likes
      Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 23 Jun 2019
      Replying to @Heinonmatti @jamesheathers

      The young people and mobile phone horns is a good one. Graph directly contradicts the supposed findings

      3:48 PM - 23 Jun 2019
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        2. matti heino‏ @Heinonmatti 25 Jun 2019
          Replying to @GidMK @jamesheathers

          Intrigued, not sure I've seen this. Got a link?

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        3. James Heathers‏ @jamesheathers 25 Jun 2019
          Replying to @Heinonmatti @GidMK

          That's everywhere right now. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/cell-phones-are-probably-not-making-us-grow-horns-180972474/ …

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