I hate articles like this. Implying some sorta of causal relationship with any and all scientific papers that have a correlation between two properties. You can't write that the paper "suggests" lowering body temps would improve depression when the paper only finds a correlation between the two.

[–] Hugin@lemmy.world 21 points 4 months ago (1 children)

People with expensive well worn running shoes have better cardiovascular health. So let's give people well worn running shoes to improve their health.

[–] AnarchistArtificer 3 points 4 months ago

I like this comparison because it makes me think of a company that is administering a medical trial type program to improve cardiovascular health — I'm imagining a "farm" type place, where undergrads are on treadmills, taking new, expensive running shoes and running in them until they're "well-worn". It's very silly, and I thank you for this mental image.

[–] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago

It's obviously causation. That's why there are so many depressed people in Hawaii and so few in Alaska.

Wait ..

[–] daddy32@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Aah, the mandatory "correlation is not causation" remark ;)