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“Tricholoroethylene strongly linked to Parkinson”

CodeAndCuffs 3y ago
My first thought would be, "What is this? Is it a common chemical?". Then I'd probably call the article click bait even though it says it's common early in the article.
swarnie 3y ago
What is Tricholoroethylene? "A widely used chemical" ....
- rob74 3y ago
  "Widely used chemical Tricholoroethylene strongly linked to Parkinson"
  - throwaway2037 3y ago
    Upvote here. Good suggestion. This would be more accurate and less click bait-y.
  - robertlagrant 3y ago
    Renowned author Meredith Wadman
  - xenonite 3y ago
    “Parkinson links strongly from widely used chemical Tricholoroethylene”
  - baq 3y ago
    Funny how making an informative title for a piece of text is on the curriculum but good-for-readers titles don't earn money... so writers have to learn good-for-ARR titles instead
- visarga 3y ago
  a colorless, volatile liquid that is primarily used as a solvent
- croes 3y ago
  Imagine this headline A widely known basketball team wins NBA finals Clickbait?
  - swarnie 3y ago
    Depends on the audience i guess, im not sure i can name a basketball team. Does the average reader of science.org know what trichloroethylene is without a prompt?
    - doctor_eval 3y ago
      I read science.org, I’m pretty average, and I don’t know what it is.
    - TeMPOraL 3y ago
      >> A widely known basketball team wins NBA finals > Depends on the audience i guess, im not sure i can name a basketball team. It's bordering on tautology. After all, who else would win National Basketball Association finals - a soccer team? A more astute reader will also observe that NBA finals aren't something casually won by random teams nobody heard of - by the time they get to the finals, the team is already widely-known. Equally informative, but non-clickbait version of the headline, would be "NBA finals complete" - or, for basketball fans, "Today is 18th of June, 2023".
    - rdl 3y ago
      I know of it as "dry cleaning chemical and why you don't want to buy a building which used to contain a dry cleaning shop with on-premises processing".
  - seanhunter 3y ago
    Yes and a straw man also. Widely known and widely used are definitely not the same. More people know the names of basketball teams than know the significance of TCE.
  - throwaway2037 3y ago
    Not to ruffle any feathers, but I notice this trend on HN also. People will post something the city they live in and drop all kinds of hints... except the name. Same for employers. Strange. It's like we need to play the old boardgame "Guess Who?"!
- deleted 3y ago
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- hinkley 3y ago
  Which automobile manufacturer do you work for? A major one.
el_benhameen 3y ago
This would give me less personal context than the original.
- hackernewds 3y ago
  And also be less clickbait-y

My first thought would be, "What is this? Is it a common chemical?". Then I'd probably call the article click bait even though it says it's common early in the article.

swarnie 3y ago

What is Tricholoroethylene? "A widely used chemical" ....

rob74 3y ago
"Widely used chemical Tricholoroethylene strongly linked to Parkinson"
- throwaway2037 3y ago
  Upvote here. Good suggestion. This would be more accurate and less click bait-y.
- robertlagrant 3y ago
  Renowned author Meredith Wadman
- xenonite 3y ago
  “Parkinson links strongly from widely used chemical Tricholoroethylene”
- baq 3y ago
  Funny how making an informative title for a piece of text is on the curriculum but good-for-readers titles don't earn money... so writers have to learn good-for-ARR titles instead
visarga 3y ago
a colorless, volatile liquid that is primarily used as a solvent
croes 3y ago
Imagine this headline A widely known basketball team wins NBA finals Clickbait?
- swarnie 3y ago
  Depends on the audience i guess, im not sure i can name a basketball team. Does the average reader of science.org know what trichloroethylene is without a prompt?
  - doctor_eval 3y ago
    I read science.org, I’m pretty average, and I don’t know what it is.
  - TeMPOraL 3y ago
    >> A widely known basketball team wins NBA finals > Depends on the audience i guess, im not sure i can name a basketball team. It's bordering on tautology. After all, who else would win National Basketball Association finals - a soccer team? A more astute reader will also observe that NBA finals aren't something casually won by random teams nobody heard of - by the time they get to the finals, the team is already widely-known. Equally informative, but non-clickbait version of the headline, would be "NBA finals complete" - or, for basketball fans, "Today is 18th of June, 2023".
  - rdl 3y ago
    I know of it as "dry cleaning chemical and why you don't want to buy a building which used to contain a dry cleaning shop with on-premises processing".
- seanhunter 3y ago
  Yes and a straw man also. Widely known and widely used are definitely not the same. More people know the names of basketball teams than know the significance of TCE.
- throwaway2037 3y ago
  Not to ruffle any feathers, but I notice this trend on HN also. People will post something the city they live in and drop all kinds of hints... except the name. Same for employers. Strange. It's like we need to play the old boardgame "Guess Who?"!
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hinkley 3y ago
Which automobile manufacturer do you work for? A major one.

el_benhameen 3y ago

This would give me less personal context than the original.

hackernewds 3y ago
And also be less clickbait-y