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What videos and posts claim, checked against the evidence

Each subject collects YouTube videos and blog posts, extracts the claims they make, and judges every claim: first by an AI guess, then against studies where they exist. Pick a subject.

AI tools and coding

214 sources · 385 claims · 15 studies
Careful measurements find real but modest gains (roughly 20–26% in field trials, not 2–10x), larger for less experienced developers.

Get rich quick

171 sources · 708 claims · 20 studies
None of the pitched schemes survives contact with the data: day traders, CFD, options and boom-time crypto buyers mostly lose, most MLM participants earn nothing or lose money, and buyers of coaching, seminar and done-for-you packages rarely recoup the fee.

Heat pumps

119 sources · 199 claims · 20 studies
A heat pump moves heat instead of burning fuel, so against oil, propane or electric resistance it is reliably cheaper to run.

Inflation, gas and tariffs 2026

68 sources · 252 claims · 15 studies
The measurable parts of the administration's account mostly fail for autumn 2026 and mostly held a year earlier.

Organic food

129 sources · 182 claims · 23 studies
The organic seal reliably means what the rules say: at least 95% organic ingredients, no genetic engineering, no antibiotics or added hormones, three years off prohibited inputs.

Software practices

93 sources · 413 claims · 29 studies
The advice is more confident than the evidence.

Sovereign citizens

134 sources · 234 claims · 23 studies
None of the pseudolegal theories survives contact with the courts.

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