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Re:Human brain is two separate organs, Stanford Medicine-led... by xg15 on Saturday September 19, 2026 @05:11AM (#49764745)
I still don't see how the original headline was not truthful.
Re:Human brain is two separate organs, Stanford Medicine-led... by UnknownBanana on Saturday September 19, 2026 @05:17AM (#49764774)
It's as truthful and useful as "75.6% of humans who ingest oxygen end up dead".
Re:Human brain is two separate organs, Stanford Medicine-led... by grebc on Saturday September 19, 2026 @05:46AM (#49764956)
That’s only wrong because it’s 100%.
Re:Human brain is two separate organs, Stanford Medicine-led... by wongarsu on Saturday September 19, 2026 @05:56AM (#49765008)
Isn't it more like 93%? On the other 7% data is still inconclusive, they never died
Re:Human brain is two separate organs, Stanford Medicine-led... by actionfromafar on Saturday September 19, 2026 @06:19AM (#49765157)
Depends on if the study is ongoing
Re:Human brain is two separate organs, Stanford Medicine-led... by romanows on Saturday September 19, 2026 @08:51AM (#49766177)
75.6% die is right, it's just that the other 24.4% do too.
Re:Human brain is two separate organs, Stanford Medicine-led... by zdragnar on Saturday September 19, 2026 @12:00PM (#49767628)
Past results are not an indicator of future performance. YMMV.
Re:Human brain is two separate organs, Stanford Medicine-led... by wolfy1993 on Saturday September 19, 2026 @05:17AM (#49764776)
I think it's less about what was said (it is truthful) and more what isn't mentioned in the title which leaves ambiguity.

I don't necessarily think it's intentional. For those with knowledge in the field I suspect it resonates the appropriate reaction.

For those outside of the field, I think the perception of what being 2 organs means does a lot of leg work in invoking a response which seems exaggerated, but is probably caused by incorrect assumptions of what the title is trying to convey.

I hope that makes some sense, I feel that was a lot of word vomit but I'm struggling to find the right words, it's somewhat meta