Stephen Sekula (steve@chirp.cooleysekula.net)'s status on Wednesday, 01-Apr-2015 00:42:00 UTC
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Did not hear the phrase "Placebo Effect" ONCE in tonight's PBS Newshour story on brain stimulation by weak electric currents (TDCS). Very poor science journalism. CORRECTION Aha! It occurred once in a small study mentioned at the end. I definitely want to see the publication on that study. ADDITION Miles O'Brien: "There is no doubt in my mind that it works." Well, thank goodness the plural of anecdote is not "data". POOR, POOR science journalism.