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Joshua Doležal's avatar

Enjoyed this, Eric. Another heuristic that I used for information literacy and that applies equally here is the SMELL test. Source, Motivation, Evidence, Logic, Left Out. Lack of credentials, clear profit motive, specious or selective evidence, incoherent reasoning, and conveniently omitted counterfactuals would all line up with your red flags, yes?

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Ryan McCormick, M.D.'s avatar

This is one of the best posts I’ve ever read on Substack.

First and foremost, it is a well-informed and comprehensive guide to spotting bad medical information on line, and on Substack in particular.

Thanks for the shoutout, and for calling out Vinay Prasad and others!

Restacking with glee :)

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