Douglas_Knight comments on N-back news: Jaeggi 2011, or, is there a psychologist/statistician in the house? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Douglas_Knight 16 June 2011 10:13:45PM 2 points [-]

Of course mainstream coverage is unquestioning. That's what science coverage is, except when there are other scientists disputing it. Journalists don't know what is science or statistics, so it's probably for the best that they don't assess the papers they cover.