RSS BotMB to Hacker [email protected]English • 14 days agoHow a simple math error sparked a panic about black plastic kitchen utensilsnationalpost.comexternal-linkmessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up122arrow-down14file-textcross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up118arrow-down1external-linkHow a simple math error sparked a panic about black plastic kitchen utensilsnationalpost.comRSS BotMB to Hacker [email protected]English • 14 days agomessage-square4fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-square@WhiteOakBayoulinkEnglish6•14 days agoTo summarize: Paper suggested median amounts ingested from black cookware was 80% of advised limit. Misplaced zero means the researchers were off by a power of 10. So original hypothesis was correct but effect was misstated
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish7•14 days agoHoly shit, so Adam Ragusea was right?? Context: https://youtu.be/58HUM40gDPU?t=718
minus-square@WhiteOakBayoulinkEnglish3•14 days agoNever heard of that guy but he noticed this weeks before anyone else it looks like. Good on him.
To summarize: Paper suggested median amounts ingested from black cookware was 80% of advised limit. Misplaced zero means the researchers were off by a power of 10. So original hypothesis was correct but effect was misstated
Holy shit, so Adam Ragusea was right??
Context: https://youtu.be/58HUM40gDPU?t=718
Never heard of that guy but he noticed this weeks before anyone else it looks like. Good on him.