The headline is broadly defensible, but the qualifications matter. Effect sizes vary by population, the strongest claims rest on shorter trials, and credible voices push back on how it's typically framed.
Because my guess is you're probably looking at the hot takes because what we just did going into those studies when they seemingly have a weird outcome, I can tell you almost any time, 99% of the time when I've seen a headline or a social media hottake on a study that I go, "That doesn't make sense."
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Bookmarking — the dossier-vs-overview split is the right call. Most of the time I want overview; sometimes I want receipts.
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I can tell you almost any time, 99% of the time, when I've seen a headline or a social media hottake on a study that I go, that doesn't make sense. And then I go and read the actual study. 99 times out of a 100, I walk out going, "Oh okay.