Comment on Vagal cholinergic denervation of the gastric mucosa in Long-COVID-19Comments−peab2moi noticed a thing with headlines like these: "x may cause y". Whenever it's "may" or "might", it's almost always meaningless−Fomite2moThere has been a shift - an understandable one, and one I by and large support (absent some edge cases) - to move away from causal language for observational studies.−thenerdheadOP2mosmall study yes, meaningless no−shiggydump2moOnly the Sith deal in absolutes.
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i noticed a thing with headlines like these: "x may cause y". Whenever it's "may" or "might", it's almost always meaningless
There has been a shift - an understandable one, and one I by and large support (absent some edge cases) - to move away from causal language for observational studies.
small study yes, meaningless no
Only the Sith deal in absolutes.