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I feel like it's once a week that HN surfaces some incredibly overhyped, low-on-the-hierarchy-of-evidence ( https://en.wikipedi...

I feel like it's once a week that HN surfaces some incredibly overhyped, low-on-the-hierarchy-of-evidence ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hierarchy_of_evidence ) study specifically related to anti-aging. I wish there was some nuanced line for science journalists to not hyperbolize about nothingburger studies in dire need of replication while also making the science exciting, slow of a process as it is. Maybe every article includes a history of the that very specific and narrow sub-branch of the field? That would be really interesting to read, and to have a gauge on how far we've come.

Posted by paimapi on Nov 2, 2026, 8:02 PM

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I feel like it's once a week that HN surfaces some incredibly overhyped, low-on-the-hierarchy-of-evidence ( https://en.wikipedi...

paimapiNov 2, 2026, 8:02 PM

I feel like it's once a week that HN surfaces some incredibly overhyped, low-on-the-hierarchy-of-evidence ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hierarchy_of_evidence ) study specifically related to anti-aging. I wish there was some nuanced line for science journalists to not hyperbolize about nothingburger studies in dire need of replication while also making the science exciting, slow of a process as it is. Maybe every article includes a history of the that very specific and narrow sub-branch of the field? That would be really interesting to read, and to have a gauge on how far we've come.

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