Matthias Piesche
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@PiescheLab
Scientist @ UCM. @DanaFarber/@HarvardMed Alumni. Passionate about #cancer immunology, #immunotherapy & what the gut #microbiome has to do with it
This “study” looks serious. It has an abstract, authors, even affiliations. But read it carefully - it’s pure satire. And it brilliantly exposes one of the biggest flaws in bad science: confusing correlation with causation. “Over 90% of autistic children consumed breast milk or formula milk.” Sounds alarming - until you realize: over 90% of all children consume breast or formula milk. That’s not a discovery. That’s basic biology. The fake authors - I. M. Amoron, U. R. Gullible, N. O. Control - mock real-world habits of pseudoscientific papers: no controls, no confounders, no significance, but big claims. Exactly how misinformation about vaccines, food, or chemicals spreads. And then there’s this gem: 👇 A “Letter to the Editor” mourning the loss of a control group that only consumed saline. “We are beside ourselves.” Dark humor - but also truth. You can’t always test nutrition or medicine by comparing it to… nothing. Both jokes share one message: Bad science isn’t funny when it drives public fear. It’s what happens when people demand “gold-standard” trials without understanding how science actually works. The moral? You can always find a “correlation” if you look hard enough. Correlation is easy. Causation is hard - and that’s why science demands evidence, not coincidence. So next time you see a viral “study” that blames something ordinary for a complex condition… ask two questions: Was there a control group? Did they prove causation - or just correlation? If not, congratulations - you just passed your first course in critical thinking. Humor can be a powerful teaching tool. These parodies remind us that critical thinking isn’t optional - it’s survival. Because behind every “funny” fake study, there’s a real one being misused by someone who doesn’t get the joke.🧠 Thank you @IntegralAnswers for this example.
How do mRNA vaccines help fight cancer? A @nature publication today tells the story, one with big implications, as reviewed here @MDAndersonNews @StevenLin_MDPhD @adam_grippin erictopol.substack.com/p/how-mrna-vac…
The US military has cared about climate change since the dawn of the Cold War – for good reason buff.ly/6YzoVis
“Assume That I Can” awareness video is taking the internet by storm! @madisontevlin delivers ANOTHER “must see” performance! GLOBAL is a proud sponsor of the CoorDown international awareness campaign video. #assumethatican #WDSd24 #WorldDownSyndromeDay #EndTheStereotypes
