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mk · 4663 days ago · link · · parent · post: Cage life may drive lab animals so insane that experiments are invalid
The correlation between science populism and actual research is abysmal. If I could have the ears of the NSF and the NIH, I would chew them the fuck out. Every day incredible insights are made public, and what we get is "Maybe eating chocolate is good/bad for you again!"
It's a fucking travesty. Science funding and support for it could be twice its current rate with a solid 10-year campaign of getting results to the people. As as far as these particular findings? My guess is some bloke at the AP hasn't yet heard from a science-type pal that this stuff is really neat. It's a damn shame too. "Could crosswords cure colon cancer?" is a fucking clickthru goldmine. Sorry this stuff gets me going. EDIT: Holy shit, did you see that alliteration?! 5 c's! I swear that was unintentional.