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Marchesk t1_jdz6ow2 wrote

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

No mention of the replication crisis in the article, particularly in the social sciences, which might have something to do with a crisis of confidence, particularly when it's one study that seems to support a controversial political view, or a generalized principle of human behavior. The Marshmallow Test or the Stanford Prison Experiment being two such examples. Which may have something to do with sensational-sounding single studies being widely popularized, which need to be balanced against other similar studies.

Or how fat was touted as the primary dietary culprit instead of sugar because the sugar industry paid off scientists.

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Specialist_Carrot_48 t1_jdz4mcr wrote

Reply to comment by Vlasic69 in Linguistic analysis of 177,296 Reddit comments sheds light on negative attitudes toward science by HeinieKaboobler

I sent some well meaning paragraphs about my recent spiritual development, and discussing finding out about a Buddhist monastery nearby, and he just said I don't like reading paragraphs ill read it later. Like some people really can't be bothered, and I don't necessarily blame people for not being avid readers like me, but it does show kindness and caring to read what someone writes. But I'm mostly ignored because my ADHD makes me overwhelming. Such is life, I'll find my tribe

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KetosisMD t1_jdz1vtj wrote

Reply to The risk of developing osteoarthritis, a common, incurable form of the condition, was 58% higher among those with eczema or asthma compared to the general population. Those with both asthma and eczema were twice as likely to develop osteoarthritis compared to the general population. N = 100,000+ by MistWeaver80

> ⇒ This study demonstrates an association between atopic disease and the development of OA; patients may benefit from the use of treatments that inhibit mast cells and allergic cytokines to treat or prevent OA.

Ketotifen fumarate (Zaditen®; Swedish Orphan Biovitrum) functions as a mast cell stabiliser and has been used as a treatment for chronic idiopathic urticaria because of its antipruritic properties. Similarly, epinastine hydrochloride is both an antihistamine and a mast cell stabiliser.

Within the flavone class, the most active mast cell stabilizers are luteolin, disometin and apigenin. Using anti-IgE to elicit degranulation, luteolin inhibited the release of histamine, LTs, PG2 and GM-CSF from human cultured mast cells (HCMCs) in a concentration-dependent manner (1–100 μM) (Kimata et al., 2000b). Luteolin also suppressed the production of proinflammatory cytokines TNF-α and IL-6 in bone marrow-derived cultured murine mast cells

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3764846/

Glucosamine stabilizes mast cells as well.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20093129/

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mdcbldr t1_jdz0426 wrote

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

Sounds about right. Other studies have shown a shift from analytical words to feel words over the last 30 years.

Science communication is not prime time stuff; especially in emerging fields. Scientist favor long, passive voiced missives that make it sound like the application of the observation is so esoteric that it has no practicable implementation.

The anti-science crowd wants the scientist to make categorical statements. Failure to do so calls the scientists into question. Scientist don't work that way. They are attempting to be precise in their statements.

Scientists are often asked to extrapolate the current, emerging data. We get it wrong on occasion. The anti-science crowd will take errors in extrapolaltion and claim that the scientist are evil, godless money his

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