The Real Lesson of That Cash-for-Babies Study
The result—that giving poor mothers money changes their babies’ brains—was oversold. What’s more interesting is why people were so ready to believe it.
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Hans Neleman / Getty; The Atlantic Why Are Gamers So Much Better Than Scientists at Catching Fraud?
A pair of recent cheating scandals—one in the “speedrunning” community of gamers, and one in medical research—call attention to an alarming contrast.
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