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Christie Aschwanden
@cragcrest.bsky.social
Best-selling author, journalist, podcaster, outdoor adventurer. My parties have dancing. Western Colorado. www.scientificamerican.com/uncertain
1.9k followers673 following83 posts
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...Especially when someone is telling you exactly what to do at every phase in your cycle. Bullshit sells, and the messy truth gets one star reviews. Giving definitive advice from shoddly little studies helps no one and could cause harm, but oversimplification drives sales. 2/2

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Sigh-Friend just asked @ the PhD w/ a ® on her tagline who's famous for advice going far beyond the science. In truth, questions about women's physiology and sport remain mostly unanswered. But no one wants to hear “we don’t have reliable evidence that menstrual cycles affect performance"... 1/2

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Sarah G is back looking at glaciers, looking at moraines, looking at stones and coppermine mills, composites all of them, she says, "all renewal is just salvage." www.lastwordonnothing.com/2024/09/13/c...

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"Blue zones" aren't where people live the longest,they're places w/shoddiest record keeping. What does it say about the culture of science that research debunking Blue Zone nonsense has been "spectacularly ignored" but just won an Ig Nobel Prize? Also, this poem😂 www.nytimes.com/2024/09/13/w...

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that's a very nice looking bike!

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can't wait for the memes

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Christie Aschwanden
@cragcrest.bsky.social
Best-selling author, journalist, podcaster, outdoor adventurer. My parties have dancing. Western Colorado. www.scientificamerican.com/uncertain
1.9k followers673 following83 posts