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Following a small random selection of links is a decent way of figuring out whether an article quotes its sources fairly — it's common that authors are either quite diligent about everything, or sloppy about everything, not inbetween.

The abstract doesn't quite say the thing she says it says. Not that this shows the overall point of the article is not true, just that a random sampling (n=1, p≤1) of the sources suggests the article may be sloppily written and it and its use of evidence should be questioned, not taken at face value.

FWIW, I think the article is fluff.



I think all articles like this are fluff, but I do believe in the placebo effect. If I believe having good posture makes me happy then it will.


Placebo effect often shuts down when you know about it being placebo.




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