RT @StuartJRitchie: 1) Our new genome-wide association study for IQ (https://t.co/KoOxR5OCZL) included the peripheral result that some gene…
So what's the bottom line here... Are my glasses making me more intelligent or do I need to get a new optician? https://t.co/OD8xw9CeRJ
RT @StuartJRitchie: 1) Our new genome-wide association study for IQ (https://t.co/KoOxR5OCZL) included the peripheral result that some gene…
RT @sallyephillips: Thread. https://t.co/lkYWeq6o8O
RT gryphonboy : RT StuartJRitchie: 1) Our new genome-wide association study for IQ (https://t.co/DjVMTzns5K) included the peripheral result that some genes linked to higher IQ are also linked to higher likelihood of poor eyesight. Here's how the media boll
RT gryphonboy : It's almost like journalism is a crock of shit. https://t.co/k5DelUA04A
RT @StuartJRitchie: 1) Our new genome-wide association study for IQ (https://t.co/KoOxR5OCZL) included the peripheral result that some gene…
RT @StuartJRitchie: 1) Our new genome-wide association study for IQ (https://t.co/KoOxR5OCZL) included the peripheral result that some gene…
RT @StuartJRitchie: 1) Our new genome-wide association study for IQ (https://t.co/KoOxR5OCZL) included the peripheral result that some gene…
RT @StuartJRitchie: 1) Our new genome-wide association study for IQ (https://t.co/KoOxR5OCZL) included the peripheral result that some gene…
RT @StuartJRitchie: 1) Our new genome-wide association study for IQ (https://t.co/KoOxR5OCZL) included the peripheral result that some gene…
RT @qikipedia: Intelligent people are about 30% more likely to carry genes related to poor eyesight, and are therefore more likely to wear…
RT @StuartJRitchie: 1) Our new genome-wide association study for IQ (https://t.co/KoOxR5OCZL) included the peripheral result that some gene…
RT @qikipedia: Intelligent people are about 30% more likely to carry genes related to poor eyesight, and are therefore more likely to wear…
RT @sallyephillips: Thread. https://t.co/lkYWeq6o8O
RT @StuartJRitchie: 1) Our new genome-wide association study for IQ (https://t.co/KoOxR5OCZL) included the peripheral result that some gene…
It's almost like journalism is a crock of shit. https://t.co/agOqmGapnv
This is what happens when journalists don't do their work properly. Case "people with glasses are smarter". #science https://t.co/TSa4IYAaOo
RT @StuartJRitchie: 1) Our new genome-wide association study for IQ (https://t.co/KoOxR5OCZL) included the peripheral result that some gene…
RT @StuartJRitchie: 1) Our new genome-wide association study for IQ (https://t.co/KoOxR5OCZL) included the peripheral result that some gene…
When journalists are more interested in clickbait than in understanding what they write about. https://t.co/w4CkW9JgH8
RT @StuartJRitchie: 1) Our new genome-wide association study for IQ (https://t.co/KoOxR5OCZL) included the peripheral result that some gene…
RT @sallyephillips: Thread. https://t.co/lkYWeq6o8O
RT @StuartJRitchie: 1) Our new genome-wide association study for IQ (https://t.co/KoOxR5OCZL) included the peripheral result that some gene…
RT @StuartJRitchie: 1) Our new genome-wide association study for IQ (https://t.co/KoOxR5OCZL) included the peripheral result that some gene…
RT @StuartJRitchie: 1) Our new genome-wide association study for IQ (https://t.co/KoOxR5OCZL) included the peripheral result that some gene…
RT @sallyephillips: Thread. https://t.co/lkYWeq6o8O
Brilliant thread exploring how the media reported a peripheral result in a genetic study. Hilarious and scary in equal(ish) measure. https://t.co/hsN80TFCEu
RT @StuartJRitchie: 1) Our new genome-wide association study for IQ (https://t.co/KoOxR5OCZL) included the peripheral result that some gene…
RT @StuartJRitchie: 1) Our new genome-wide association study for IQ (https://t.co/KoOxR5OCZL) included the peripheral result that some gene…
RT @StuartJRitchie: 1) Our new genome-wide association study for IQ (https://t.co/KoOxR5OCZL) included the peripheral result that some gene…
RT @StuartJRitchie: 1) Our new genome-wide association study for IQ (https://t.co/KoOxR5OCZL) included the peripheral result that some gene…
RT @AdamRutherford: Important thread on media misrepresentation of a new paper https://t.co/E7KhrJtTiN
RT @Samfr: Thread giving one example of how badly the media distort scientific findings. https://t.co/r4ewfOeqHj
RT @andyextance: I'm aware of the kind of time/institutional pressure that journalists at mainstream media outlets are facing, but this is…
RT @AdamRutherford: Important thread on media misrepresentation of a new paper https://t.co/E7KhrJtTiN
RT @StuartJRitchie: 1) Our new genome-wide association study for IQ (https://t.co/KoOxR5OCZL) included the peripheral result that some gene…
RT @sallyephillips: Thread. https://t.co/lkYWeq6o8O
Thread giving one example of how badly the media distort scientific findings. https://t.co/r4ewfOeqHj
I'm aware of the kind of time/institutional pressure that journalists at mainstream media outlets are facing, but this is a cautionary tale. How can we help journalists do better? HT @chronicleflask https://t.co/UX8z5tjdfd
RT @HeikkiSairanen: Aika tiukkaa kritiikkiä tiedejournalismin tasosta. Suomalaiset lehdetkin voisivat kaivaa ne alkuperäiset tutkimukset, e…
RT @StuartJRitchie: 1) Our new genome-wide association study for IQ (https://t.co/KoOxR5OCZL) included the peripheral result that some gene…
RT @StuartJRitchie: 1) Our new genome-wide association study for IQ (https://t.co/KoOxR5OCZL) included the peripheral result that some gene…
RT @StuartJRitchie: 1) Our new genome-wide association study for IQ (https://t.co/KoOxR5OCZL) included the peripheral result that some gene…
RT @StuartJRitchie: 1) Our new genome-wide association study for IQ (https://t.co/KoOxR5OCZL) included the peripheral result that some gene…
RT @sallyephillips: Thread. https://t.co/lkYWeq6o8O
RT @StuartJRitchie: 1) Our new genome-wide association study for IQ (https://t.co/KoOxR5OCZL) included the peripheral result that some gene…
RT @StuartJRitchie: 1) Our new genome-wide association study for IQ (https://t.co/KoOxR5OCZL) included the peripheral result that some gene…
RT @StuartJRitchie: 1) Our new genome-wide association study for IQ (https://t.co/KoOxR5OCZL) included the peripheral result that some gene…
A lesson in language - for both the general press w its predilection for simple simile and the professions - in this case medical - w their propensity to construct a protective barrier around their work making it inaccessible - linguistically speaking. #mu
RT @StuartJRitchie: 1) Our new genome-wide association study for IQ (https://t.co/KoOxR5OCZL) included the peripheral result that some gene…
RT @StuartJRitchie: 1) Our new genome-wide association study for IQ (https://t.co/KoOxR5OCZL) included the peripheral result that some gene…
This is why you shouldn't take your science stories from main stream media. If you see an interesting story always go back to the source to get the truth. https://t.co/jzfH24A3ZH
RT @StuartJRitchie: 1) Our new genome-wide association study for IQ (https://t.co/KoOxR5OCZL) included the peripheral result that some gene…
RT @StuartJRitchie: 1) Our new genome-wide association study for IQ (https://t.co/KoOxR5OCZL) included the peripheral result that some gene…
RT @StuartJRitchie: 1) Our new genome-wide association study for IQ (https://t.co/KoOxR5OCZL) included the peripheral result that some gene…
@TrustedTrevor @antonioregalado A special category of mechanisms has nothing to do directly with intelligence because they just inhibit intelligent functioning in one way or another, or in many ways: https://t.co/uKYVW0Hqk5
RT @StuartJRitchie: 1) Our new genome-wide association study for IQ (https://t.co/KoOxR5OCZL) included the peripheral result that some gene…
RT @StuartJRitchie: 1) Our new genome-wide association study for IQ (https://t.co/KoOxR5OCZL) included the peripheral result that some gene…
RT @sallyephillips: Thread. https://t.co/lkYWeq6o8O
RT @AdamRutherford: Important thread on media misrepresentation of a new paper https://t.co/E7KhrJtTiN
RT @AdamRutherford: Important thread on media misrepresentation of a new paper https://t.co/E7KhrJtTiN
RT @StuartJRitchie: 1) Our new genome-wide association study for IQ (https://t.co/KoOxR5OCZL) included the peripheral result that some gene…
RT @StuartJRitchie: 1) Our new genome-wide association study for IQ (https://t.co/KoOxR5OCZL) included the peripheral result that some gene…
Great thread. So I then decided to read the original article to see what it really said and quickly realised that despite wearing glasses since the age of 8 I could not understand a word of it and gave up by sentence 3. https://t.co/a9ueMCwObh
RT @StuartJRitchie: 1) Our new genome-wide association study for IQ (https://t.co/KoOxR5OCZL) included the peripheral result that some gene…
RT @qikipedia: Intelligent people are about 30% more likely to carry genes related to poor eyesight, and are therefore more likely to wear…
Wonderful & terrifying in equal measure. https://t.co/jnmp8bWcyB
RT @sallyephillips: Thread. https://t.co/lkYWeq6o8O
RT @AdamRutherford: Important thread on media misrepresentation of a new paper https://t.co/E7KhrJtTiN
Thread. https://t.co/lkYWeq6o8O
RT @StuartJRitchie: 1) Our new genome-wide association study for IQ (https://t.co/KoOxR5OCZL) included the peripheral result that some gene…
RT @StuartJRitchie: 1) Our new genome-wide association study for IQ (https://t.co/KoOxR5OCZL) included the peripheral result that some gene…
This thread is golden. In all the wrong ways. By their own definition, there can't have been a single short-sighted journalist writing any of the cited articles. I wonder what the genetic correlation for IQ is in those with high astigmatism? #AskingForAF
RT @AdamRutherford: Important thread on media misrepresentation of a new paper https://t.co/E7KhrJtTiN
RT @StuartJRitchie: 1) Our new genome-wide association study for IQ (https://t.co/KoOxR5OCZL) included the peripheral result that some gene…
RT @AdamRutherford: Important thread on media misrepresentation of a new paper https://t.co/E7KhrJtTiN
Thread. How newspapers distort scientific discoveries. This is scary... https://t.co/AXtRm6JLuG
RT @StuartJRitchie: 1) Our new genome-wide association study for IQ (https://t.co/KoOxR5OCZL) included the peripheral result that some gene…
RT @StuartJRitchie: 1) Our new genome-wide association study for IQ (https://t.co/KoOxR5OCZL) included the peripheral result that some gene…
RT @StuartJRitchie: 1) Our new genome-wide association study for IQ (https://t.co/KoOxR5OCZL) included the peripheral result that some gene…
RT @AdamRutherford: Important thread on media misrepresentation of a new paper https://t.co/E7KhrJtTiN
RT @StuartJRitchie: 1) Our new genome-wide association study for IQ (https://t.co/KoOxR5OCZL) included the peripheral result that some gene…
Oh FFS what has happened to quality journalism? https://t.co/b3izajjfDk
@ArwaM You will likely find this interesting: https://t.co/ALV7K41dZc
RT @StuartJRitchie: 1) Our new genome-wide association study for IQ (https://t.co/KoOxR5OCZL) included the peripheral result that some gene…
RT @AdamRutherford: Important thread on media misrepresentation of a new paper https://t.co/E7KhrJtTiN
RT @StuartJRitchie: 1) Our new genome-wide association study for IQ (https://t.co/KoOxR5OCZL) included the peripheral result that some gene…
RT @StuartJRitchie: 1) Our new genome-wide association study for IQ (https://t.co/KoOxR5OCZL) included the peripheral result that some gene…
RT @StuartJRitchie: 1) Our new genome-wide association study for IQ (https://t.co/KoOxR5OCZL) included the peripheral result that some gene…
Important thread https://t.co/SO7gH5ghI3
Thread. Medical journos have a duty of care to get it right. https://t.co/IpdNCOr69m
This is a massive shame, because generally speaking the science journalists and writers I have encountered are thorough, careful, and check facts. I think sometimes problems arise when someone lazy just reads the press release and doesn't double check they
RT @StuartJRitchie: 1) Our new genome-wide association study for IQ (https://t.co/KoOxR5OCZL) included the peripheral result that some gene…
RT @AdamRutherford: Important thread on media misrepresentation of a new paper https://t.co/E7KhrJtTiN
RT @AdamRutherford: Important thread on media misrepresentation of a new paper https://t.co/E7KhrJtTiN
More on how the media just loves to get things wrong, and mislead, when they convert scientific research to clickbait. https://t.co/idPH0iJpOQ
RT @StuartJRitchie: 1) Our new genome-wide association study for IQ (https://t.co/KoOxR5OCZL) included the peripheral result that some gene…
Thread https://t.co/jdRpLfZPY4