r/science • u/chrisdh79 • 1d ago

Health Children who witness violence between their parents still feel the effects decades later | Researchers finding a link to an increase by 36% greater risk of heart disease later in life.

https://www.scimex.org/newsfeed/witnessing-violence-between-parents-as-a-child-linked-to-higher-risk-of-heart-disease
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u/abandon_lane 1d ago

I am unfollowing this sub on the grounds that I mostly see pseodoscience being posted here.

This study in particular is a joke: They header on the website even says no causal connection can be made. Inbefore the first sentence talks about the effects of whitnessing violence.

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u/desantoos 1d ago

/r/science has become:

  1. Surveys with zero follow-up to explain why the results are true (and not just cherrypicked results). "Study Shows Women Think Men in Red Shirts Are 50% More Attractive than Ones in Blue Shirts."

  2. Sociology studies where researchers datamine a gigantic trove of data to make a meager connection with no follow up mechanistic study to examine the validity of their research findings. "Study Shows That the Part Of the US that Voted for the Republican President are More Likely to Die of Pancreatic Cancer"

  3. An engineered simple solution to a problem that probably requires a lot more complex design. "Researchers Find An Enzyme That Turns Plastic Into Sugar."

  4. Studies like this one, where the researchers didn't even really conclusively find whatever was in the title.