Originally Posted by
Maelochs
In this case, if the original post had included the fact that the very title of the article said "And no one knows what it means" then that would have sent a Very different, and Much more honest message. Because, after all, the study is pure nonsense. If no one know s what the data means, the data are meaningless. Pure nonsense.
But by posting just the part about "Science proves that people who cycle to work are happier..."
Data aren't meaningless, data are simply data. The conclusions that can be drawn from these data are limited, but they lead to hypotheses which can be further tested. And nobody said "Science proves that people who cycle to work are happier" except you, although in fact the data do at least suggest it might be true.