it’s a little weird that people are arguing against the Netflix suicides paper partly on the grounds that the effect size is _too big_
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I don’t believe in the reported effect size estimate either, but it makes it more credible that some, probably smaller, effect really exists
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Why should we care about some smaller effect? Lots of stressors can increase the likelihood of suicide. Maybe the show was one. That’s not the story. The story is this one thing bumped up the number of suicides in a big noticeable way. If that’s false, then the story isn’t true