Tag: evidence

Health Care 2

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Overall, the scientific evidence finds that Medicaid does improve health. There was a literature that found this, then the Oregon study found that it didn’t! But then with the ACA, some people were randomly sent a reminder to sign up for Medicaid, and those that got the letter, signed up more, and they had better health outcomes. The Oregon study followed people for too short of time and the sample was too small.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jp8JNHPP7MA&list=PLUl4u3cNGP62KS2YhlASvGBxxL8HgB11p&index=14

Disarming Climate Change Denial Tropes (Featuring Peter Hadfield aka Potholer54)

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Human-caused climate change has been studied for many decades, and the common sense alternative explanations have already been studied and don’t explain the warming.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHzO2t1-y9M

Americans are eating up the meat industry’s health claims

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“Meat is indeed packed with protein, but it comes with some well-established health drawbacks.

“Saturated fat we’ve known about for decades,” said Dr. Sarah C. Hull, a cardiologist at Yale Medicine. It’s common in red meat and contributes to increasing LDL cholesterol levels, hardening the blood vessels and, in turn, raising the risk of heart attack or stroke.

Moreover, “all mammalian meat tends to be very inflammatory,” said Hull, who studies the diet-related risks of heart disease and cancer. “More recently we’ve come to understand that the many pro-inflammatory compounds found in red meat” can have other downsides, she said, including “deleterious interactions with the gut microbiome.” Studies have also linked the risks of certain cancers and Type 2 diabetes to heme iron, a form of the mineral that’s found only in animal tissue and is more easily absorbed than the iron in plants.”

https://health.yahoo.com/wellness/nutrition/healthy-eating/articles/americans-eating-meat-industrys-health-093040469.html

Do Cellphones Cause Cancer? RFK Jr.’s HHS Is Suppressing FDA Data Confirming Cellphone Safety.

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“Do Cellphones Cause Cancer? RFK Jr.’s HHS Is Suppressing FDA Data Confirming Cellphone Safety.”

https://reason.com/2026/01/16/do-cellphones-cause-cancer-rfk-jr-s-hhs-is-suppressing-fda-data-confirming-cellphone-safety/

FOTD Episode 11: The Trouble With Twin Studies – Does Our DNA Make Us Who We Are? (with Jay Joseph)

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Twins separated at birth studies are problematic for multiple reasons.

Studies comparing twins reared together to siblings doesn’t isolate genetics because the environment is different for each sibling cohort.

A whole bunch of claims about genetics rest on these bad studies or claims that these studies don’t strongly support.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VoysrR7Adwk

Bad Science Revisited: “The Bell Curve” Turns 30

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“we concluded that Herrnstein and Murray produced no valid evidence that genes influence within-group IQ score differences. The key evidence they cited consisted of “twins reared apart” studies and, to a lesser extent, family correlations, reared-together twin studies, and adoption studies. Aided by concepts developed in science’s ongoing “replication crisis,” we argued that the genetic findings reported in these studies do not hold up under critical examination due to environmental confounding, a reliance on uncertain or false assumptions and concepts, the use of questionable research practices (QRPs), and other problem areas. In the language of psychometrics and behavioral genetics, we argued that Herrnstein and Murray presented no valid evidence in support of above-zero IQ heritability. This conclusion, of course, automatically invalidates claims about genetic group differences.”

https://www.madinamerica.com/2024/03/bad-science-bell-curve/