Something that I think needs clarifying for journalists reporting on science: Narrative review = ACADEMIC OPINION PIECE Editorial = ACADEMIC OPINION PIECE These are not "evidence", they are not "studies", they are the opinions of academics
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New? No. But I do think that GOOD narrative reviews are important to pull multiple threads together from individual pieces of work into cohesive theory.
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Sure, and I think without expert opinions all we've got is meaningless numbers. But I keep seeing essentially opinion pieces by a handful of academics portrayed as "startling new evidence" and it's very silly and entirely wrong
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Let's write one about Hatt Mancock. It will be taken as fact...
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