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Is red meat bad for health? Meta-study of 44 studies finds results depend on the sponsor. If the sponsor is impartial, studies find it's bad. Studies sponsored by the meat industry find the opposite (pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
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[–] [email protected] 4 points 14 hours ago (2 children)

A study of studies? That's interesting. I wonder how often that happens? I should do a study about it. A study of studies about studies.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

A review of studies is a meta-analysis. What you're describing is a meta-meta-analysis, which is also a thing! Here's one I found from a cursory search..

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 hours ago

Alt text: Life goal #29 is to get enough of them rejected that I can publish a comparative analysis of the rejection letters.