{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Josh Mitteldorf","provider_url":"https:\/\/scienceblog.com\/joshmitteldorf","author_name":"Josh Mitteldorf","author_url":"https:\/\/scienceblog.com\/joshmitteldorf\/author\/joshmitteldorf\/","title":"The Only Experimental Subject Who Matters","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"v3WBdTZ21c\"><a href=\"https:\/\/scienceblog.com\/joshmitteldorf\/2017\/05\/16\/the-only-experimental-subject-who-matters\/\">The Only Experimental Subject Who Matters<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/scienceblog.com\/joshmitteldorf\/2017\/05\/16\/the-only-experimental-subject-who-matters\/embed\/#?secret=v3WBdTZ21c\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;The Only Experimental Subject Who Matters&#8221; &#8212; Josh Mitteldorf\" data-secret=\"v3WBdTZ21c\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/scienceblog.com\/joshmitteldorf\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n<\/script>\n","description":"We have come to expect that clinical trials require thousands of participants, tracked over years or decades. \u00a0Even for measures of clear long-term value like exercise and vitamin D, the trends have to be wrenched from the scatter with statistical vicegrips. \u00a0The message in this situation is that individual responses to any intervention vary widely, ... Read more","thumbnail_url":"http:\/\/img.pandawhale.com\/93628-all-life-is-an-experiment-pMnK.jpeg"}