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		accoil on July 14, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Does the microbiome hold the key to chronic fatigu... Betteridge's corollary: "any headline that ends in a question mark will have a comment pointing out Betteridge's law when linked to in a forum."

ben_w on July 14, 2023 [–]

Goodhart's law of headlines:

Any quick measure for recognising and avoiding clickbait, when widely shared and applied, stops being a good measure.

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