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Re:I Fooled Millions Into Thinking Chocolate Helps Weight Loss by thomasahle on Sunday June 14, 2015 @03:01PM (#9715969)
It wasn't actually a fake study. That's the point.

They used the same statistical methods as too many 'honest' groups out there, and got results thereafter.

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Re:I Fooled Millions Into Thinking Chocolate Helps Weight Loss by bjourne on Sunday June 14, 2015 @06:07PM (#9716503)
I disagree. The study was fake because the intent was to deceive. He used flawed methods, but could have used 10 times as sophisticated methods and still would have been able to publish completely invalid results.
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Re:I Fooled Millions Into Thinking Chocolate Helps Weight Loss by olifante on Monday June 15, 2015 @01:18PM (#9720686)
I wasn't a fake study, it was a dishonest one.
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