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Witty_Interaction_77 t1_jdyjf6f wrote

Reply to comment by AnOddFad in Forcing dominant mice to lose social status induced depression-like behaviors and reduced pleasure-seeking by Zadarex

Figuring out chemical factors in the brain, especially pertaining to mental health, is invaluable to helping people with mental illness.

You're only looking at the simplified underlying results of the test, not the scientific goals. They can determine the areas of the brain affected and ways to combat it. Chemicals needed, so more research into drugs could be gleaned from this.

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JaiOW2 t1_jdyice1 wrote

Reply to comment by NewDad907 in Linguistic analysis of 177,296 Reddit comments sheds light on negative attitudes toward science by HeinieKaboobler

If it's already been studied it's not going to present anything as a new discovery, unless it found something in the same study / interaction that previous studies didn't, that's often why we perform that same study again, to deduce the consistency of the results, manipulate other variables or control more confounds, use tools or observatory measures we previously didn't have and to create a large sample. Wouldn't get past peer review doing the same thing that's been done 30 years ago and then claiming they made the novel discovery. It's never eye-roll worthy to see multiple studies performed on the same topic with roughly the same methodology, it's called replication and incredibly important for validity and consistency of the outcomes.

Sure, a journalist might pick up a new study and make some outlandish claim that it's discovered this new thing we've know for decades... but that's not the study doing it.

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rustybeaumont t1_jdyhlci wrote

Reply to comment by shogi_x in Linguistic analysis of 177,296 Reddit comments sheds light on negative attitudes toward science by HeinieKaboobler

Most journalism is painful to read, often making me tread through four paragraphs of “when mrs johnson wakes up every morning in her modest home, located in the country, rich with the smell of pinetrees and a gentle breeze from the neighboring lake, she finds herself, like millions of Americans, needing to take an array of pharmaceuticals…” just to find the handful of data points that the entire headline hinges upon.

Its like looking up recipes or something.

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boooooooooo_cowboys t1_jdycwfd wrote

Reply to comment by iamfondofpigs in Linguistic analysis of 177,296 Reddit comments sheds light on negative attitudes toward science by HeinieKaboobler

>"Misleading": Always good to point out when an author makes a claim that is not supported by their own data.

Be honest…how often do you see redditors actually engaging with the original article and giving valid critiques of the authors interpretations vs spitting out their knee jerk reaction to the headline? I’ve seen an awful lot of “poor communication” and “misleading” complaints that could have been cleared up by actually reading the article.

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Yeahmaybeitsdetritus t1_jdycg6f wrote

Reply to comment by ShockMonkey2001 in Straight male Redditors who are attracted to trans women are driven by misogyny & desire to sexually dominate both trans & cis women. Straight male redditors reported they sexually desire trans women because of the women's supposed hyper-feminine traits. by MistWeaver80

Glorification of alternative lifestyles?

Did you just beam in from the 1970s?

Being trans is not an alternative lifestyle.

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