While it would be a formidable task to check every study Wagenaar et al. subsumed in their meta-analysis, a quick check to find out whether they included a study with a known systematic bias reveals the study included Chesson et al., a study by the Centers for Disease Control which claimed that increased beer taxes could reduce the rate of gonorrhea.

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However, he was quick to stress that while a study of evolution may tell us how we came to be, it says nothing about what we should strive to become.

ECONOMIST: Bill Hamilton