[yakshaving_jgt]

Given that it says "randomised trial", it's implied that there would be a control group — a group of people who are sent to die for the sake of an experiment.

Given that nobody would ever do this, it's quite obvious that there's some tongue-in-cheek angle to the story.

It isn't misleading if you can read between the lines.

[nkurz]

To the contrary, I think it might be you who is jumping to unfounded conclusions. Contrast the current title "Parachutes prevent death when jumping from aircraft: randomized controlled trial" with the first line of from the Conclusion of the paper: "Parachute use did not reduce death or major traumatic injury when jumping from aircraft in the first randomized evaluation of this intervention".

[ikeboy]

The finding was that parachutes have no effect on deaths. Title is the exact opposite of the finding.