Evolution of the blog: step one, someone mentions health claim to me. In this case, bras cause saggy boobs
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Step two: I say "that sounds weird", and start googling the claim
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Step three: I find the genesis of the claim, a French researcher who claims to have conducted a 15-year study into boob saggyness
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Step four: I say "that sounds even weirder", and look for the original study
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Step five: Study doesn't seem to exist. There's a thesis presentation from 8 years ago in French by the author, but no published work
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Step six: Lucky me, I speak(ish) French. Also have Google Translate. Turns out it's a thesis published by a student of the original author
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Step seven: Shake head at a tiny (50 person) study with few controls being used to support ANY claim
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Step eight: Re-check all publications of original author. Still no study. Lots of stuff on HRV.
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Step nine: Start thinking of blog titles. "Your boobs are fine: perkiness isn't a scientific measurement anyway" springs to mind
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Step ten: Remember I'm a hack. At least I'm not making dodgy claims about unpublished research? Blog done.
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Step eleven: Smash head into table as I realize JUST HOW MANY online articles reference this fucking insanityhttps://twitter.com/GidMK/status/874401548901556224 …
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Step twelve: Head is now sore but anger at thousands of people being misled by terrible unpublished research remainshttps://twitter.com/GidMK/status/874401548901556224 …
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Step thirteen: New blog title: "Bras are not coming to kill you; when bad science reporting isn't even about science at all"
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