I guess we should be very grateful for this study for arriving when it did.

It is a perfect example of how incredibly irrelevant or flawed any one study -- even one ascribed to an apparently reputable institution -- can be.

Given the recent discussion here, and the tension between those who believe every study and those who don't believe anything they read, this could not arrive at a better time or present a more transparent example.

This study and spin-off interpretations by the gullible press illustrate very dramatically that we must be very skeptical when we read the titles and abstracts, and must delve deeply into the data and consult our own experience before we give any one study much credence.

This is true no matter what the apparent source or credentials may be.  

Just as an unknown and uncredentialed source may provide quality information, even the most prestigious institution, it seems, can turn out junk.

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