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Re:Can we all stop using Medium now? by LolWolf on Friday May 17, 2019 @02:07AM (#19936721)
RCs are a pretty common name, even among academics, at least in neurobiology (though it’s for sure recognized as “speaking in dialect/slang” as some would say... e.g., not everyone would immediately know what you’re saying).

I do agree that “compounds” or 5-HT agonists, or whatever are far more neutral (if overly broad) terms and those should be used if you’re being careful (perhaps with some added description).

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Re:Can we all stop using Medium now? by speedplane on Friday May 17, 2019 @06:05AM (#19938011)
> 5-HT agonists, or whatever are far more neutral (if overly broad) terms and those should be used if you’re being careful

Google ranking doesn't care how technical you are. If you do a google search about anything somewhat nutritional or health related, you get a slew of low credibility websites with dubious information. Getting to any scientifically rigorous papers is a real research project.

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Re:Can we all stop using Medium now? by dragonwriter on Friday May 17, 2019 @08:48AM (#19938977)
> If you do a google search about anything somewhat nutritional or health related, you get a slew of low credibility websites with dubious information. Getting to any scientifically rigorous papers is a real research project

It's a much easier project (though still requires some review and judgement) if you use Google scholar instead of the general search engine.

But that's true or any domain; if you are specifically looking for scientific papers, the general search engine is like going to the grocery store for lab glassware.

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Re:Can we all stop using Medium now? by TomMarius on Friday May 17, 2019 @05:01AM (#19937659)
How would people look for that article on Google if it was named "compounds"?
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