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		hepek on Jan 24, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: LSD: The Geek's Wonder Drug? (2006) Whenever there's a question mark in the title, the answer is usually no, and the article is linkbait. I don't know if this rule of thumb applies to this article.

basisword on Jan 24, 2015 [–]

Betteridge's law of headlines [0]. The answer to the question is generally no - that doesn't make the article useless link bait though.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteridge's_law_of_headlines

jafaku on Jan 24, 2015 | [–]

You guys know scientists are supposed to ask questions, right?

Retra on Jan 24, 2015 | | [–]

Scientists are supposed to ask GOOD questions.

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