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349 points zdw | 2 comments | 21 Oct 25 03:53 UTC | HN request time: 0.415s | source
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president_zippy ◴[21 Oct 25 05:40 UTC] No.45652818[source]▶
Something about this just reminds me of when I did a literature review in my anatomy class to address the question: "Is running bad for your knees?"

I had to decide which of two sets of peer-reviewed publications that contradict each other was least guilty using the data to support the conclusion rather than letting the data speak for itself and making an honest conclusion.

Compared to PhDs, MDs hate designing an experiment and would rather just extrapolate a different conclusion from the same longitudinal study by cherry-picking a different set of variables. The only articles I bother reading from the NEJM anymore are case studies because they're the only publications that consist of mostly-original information.

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padjo ◴[21 Oct 25 09:21 UTC] No.45653955[source]▶
The question seems really poorly formed! Like there’s never going to be a binary answer to a question like that. The answer is always going to be “it depends” on for example the volume, your physical attributes, recovery, genetics, age etc
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1. mlrtime ◴[21 Oct 25 11:36 UTC] No.45654621[source]▶
For people that like nuance and details yes. But the point is, most people don't want that, they want to be told what to do or make a binary decision: Good or bad.

FWIW I tell people that running is bad for your knees, but relative to other exercises! If someone wants to only run, then go do it... better than nothing.

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2. padjo ◴[21 Oct 25 17:04 UTC] No.45658288[source]▶
My take is: running is sometimes bad for your knees, but being sedentary is pretty much always bad for just about everything else.