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by JorgeGT 2653 days ago
It is not. If they had 10 cheeses exposed to hip-hop, 10 to classical, 10 controls, etc., and the differences in rating where statistically significant they would be onto something. But per the study factsheet, they used just one box per music type so it is exactly as you say, one box just tasted better but it could be for any number of reasons: https://hkbgehtanland.ch/assets/pdf/20181129_hkb_cheese-in-s...
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I feel like this experiment, like Swiss cheese, is filled with holes.
Wow that joke was very cheesy
I dunno, I thought it was pretty gouda
Works as long as you're not one of those people who pronounce it "gao-da"
how are studies like these even funded? Shouldn't the community have their methods peer reviewed before going through? Like the sibling comment, there are so many holes in this study. waste of $
It was an art project.