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Hellbound Hellhound

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3. It doesn't help when studies like this one are buried under three layers of paywall.

Reply to Oneironaut (Reply #2)

Thu Nov 27, 2025, 02:53 AM

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I'm all for capitalism, but I'm not signing up and paying 20 bucks for a paper that says "It is likely that" or "It may be true that" or "All signs point to yes".

May as well buy a magic eight ball for five bucks for as much accuracy as I read in this study's ... sources... sources... from ten years ago.

Not saying the result is WRONG, but the methodology and how academia has devolved is absolute shit.

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