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.
Filler words are not bad. Filler words are actually helpful. They do things for us. They they save the space. So if I'm not done talking and I don't want others to interrupt, I say ama. There's research in the child development literature that says when we speak to kids, before we say a new term or give a new idea, we will often preface it with a filler word. Um uh we signal what's coming next is important.
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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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