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		netizen-936824 on Jan 20, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: No amount of alcohol is good for the heart, says W... Media reporting is the literal worst way to learn about scientific reporting and studies

ubercow13 on Jan 20, 2022 [–]

What's a good way? Certainly not reading individual scientific studies yourself.

netizen-936824 on Jan 20, 2022 | [–]

Textbooks, meta-analyses, asking researchers personally (multiples of them), and individual studies (also multiple, never rely on a single one)

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