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Re:80-year Harvard study has been showing how to live a heal... by dang on Friday July 21, 2017 @03:03AM (#14818612)
Please read https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14818590 and please don't post like this to HN.
Re:80-year Harvard study has been showing how to live a heal... by gojomo on Friday July 21, 2017 @03:37PM (#14823269)
I'm familiar with the rules and think you've over-focused on the form, and ignored the legitimate content, of my comment.

I like this study! I didn't call it 'bullshit' and there's nothing nasty in my formulation.

But the high-order bit of things to be considered in the limits of this study's interpretation is how peculiar the main focus group - Harvard enrollees in 1938 - was.

This HU house-press piece only obliquely hints at the issue, by noting how the study has gradually expanded to include children and wives, and an "inner-city" "control group".

I realize wrapping the point in a formulaic meme risks making it look like pure snark/dismissal. But it can also be a way to sharply and memorably raise a very specific issue.