[X.com] by @cremieuxrecueil
Emily Oster had this insight back in 2020.
She exploited the fact that a NEJM piece published in 1993 showed vitamin E had major health benefits and another article published in 2004 showed that vitamin E's benefits were overstated and it might actually be harmful.
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SIDS and breastfeeding are great examples of knowledge dispersal influencing correlations. In the past, these phenomena were less related to class/edu, but as it became "common knowledge" that certain things prevent SIDS or that breastfeeding is good, class correlations grew. https://t.co/PR1nWoO3W3
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Fri May 05 18:44:24 +0000 2023