The best way to deal with that is to read the original papers and make sure the studies were adequately performed
And even just reading the abstracts is already a huge step forward for epistemic hygiene because science reporting and journalism can be so damn shoddy (besides, I regularly find that the abstracts are easier to read and understand than their popularizations).
I generally agree. I have an aversion to just reading abstracts because it doesn’t let you get at the nitty-gritty of how exactly the studies were performed, but it’s way better than just reading the news reports—and not everyone has full-text access to studies anyway.
And even just reading the abstracts is already a huge step forward for epistemic hygiene because science reporting and journalism can be so damn shoddy (besides, I regularly find that the abstracts are easier to read and understand than their popularizations).
I generally agree. I have an aversion to just reading abstracts because it doesn’t let you get at the nitty-gritty of how exactly the studies were performed, but it’s way better than just reading the news reports—and not everyone has full-text access to studies anyway.