[Skepolitic]

“There is no way to tell what they claim from the study they performed.”

We need only read the claim “to tell what they claim”. The study itself is irrelevant to understanding the claims made.

But your criticism is correct. The study is yet another entry in the vast body of “cargo cult science” that Feynman criticized in his famous 1974 Caltech commencement address.

Scientific method — how does that work?

[allmendream]

Yes, this is as relevant and scientific as a finding that kids who listen to Goth music are more likely to take antidepressants - and claiming that listening to Goth music makes you depressed.

Self selection bias, but “cargo cult science” about covers it.

[allmendream]

http://www.lhup.edu/~DSIMANEK/cargocul.htm

The Cargo Cult Science lecture.