| ▲ | SoftTalker 8 days ago |
| No, no folk remedies or bio-hacking or wearing magnets on your head will help, unfortunately. |
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| ▲ | abnercoimbre 8 days ago | parent | next [-] |
| It's a powerful Ask HN though. This is deeply touching. |
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| ▲ | deadbabe 8 days ago | parent [-] | | This is the bargaining phase of grief, where a person will seek to do whatever they can to change a fate. But when they find they can’t no matter how hard they try, they’ll just proceed to anger and then depression. | | |
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| ▲ | internetter 8 days ago | parent | prev [-] |
| They did cite a peer reviewed paper in nature to substantiate the spinny head magnets. I doubt it will save their friend, but it's not total hogwash |
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| ▲ | querez 8 days ago | parent [-] | | The paper was published in Nature *Scientific Reports*, not in Nature. Nature SR is a low-quality journal due to its very limited peer review (SR peer reviews only focus on scientific validity of a submitted paper, rather than its perceived importance, significance, or impact -- ie., they check if you followed proper scientific procedures, but won't check if what you're saying makes sense / fits with the rest of the scientific literature). It's a known dumping ground for papers that aren't good enough to be published in a real scientific journal, and it survives/thrives thanks to its association with the prestigious Nature journal. | | |
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