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The guideline is 'unless the original title is misleading or clickbait'. This one is neither, it's just not explicit.



Is it only clickbait if factually incorrect? Wouldn't that make the term redundant given that such a title would also be misleading?

Note that we're currently engaged in an unhelpful meta-discussion about whether or not the title is clickbait, which IMO is exactly what the guidelines are designed to prevent.

While I didn't say so earlier, I largely object to the needlessly inflammatory word "stumped" which perpetuates the meme that patients frequently know better than doctors.

This case is an interesting exception, not the rule. There's a debate to be had about the fact people do indeed know their own case history than their often time-starved doctors, but whether or not the article has merit, the title is a distraction.


No, it's just not clickbait. I'm not sure how the meta-thing suggests that it is. It's just a title. I mean, read these titles

http://www.paulgraham.com/articles.html




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