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by hs 6117 days ago
i'm more impressed with how much conflicting misinformations floating around while seemingly scientific

claims like x improves y are abundant. sadly we don't often see the %quantitative improvements and fall into "every little bit helps"

then we get another claim like "a prevents b", then blindly follows. while a and x are good in its own rights, the 'interaction' effect is so complicated that taking them will become net negative