Thread by @ideafaktory

"A group of researchers wondered..."

WHY???

Why would RESEARCHERS wonder anything about coffee, unless they were getting paid by the industry?

Totally coincidentally, they concluded that using fewer beans would produce a better drink.

Drink water.

popsci.com/story/science/…

.@PopSci you are PR HACKS

"This work was enabled by charitable donations of equipment from Barista Technology BV (Puqpress), Acaia Corp. (balance), Frisky Goat Espresso (personnel & coffee), & our continued collaboration with Meritics Ltd.."
cell.com/matter/fulltex…

@PopSci Garbage like this needs to have a clear "advertising" label on it.

Media is trash. Believe nothing.

...except my Twitter account!

@PopSci Another thing about "research" & "researchers"
Nothing wrong w/working for a major corporation doing R&D. It's when you take research $'s on the sly, fabricate results for sponsors & try to pass it off as independent when you're no longer scientists.

Fix this @usedgov @FDA @NSF

@PopSci @usedgov @FdA @NSF At least:

Get rid of ridiculous publishing pressure.

Create an undirected funding pool for research & allocation methodology.

Create independent, pseudonymous, rotating review board.

No accreditation for schools that don't adhere.

@usedgov @FDA @NSF