Side N
Decades Rather Than Years
Which sources back which section of this article, and what its evidence base looks like.
Which sources back which section
| Section | Sources behind it |
|---|---|
| What happened | Business Insider in English and in Chinese; the publisher’s description of episode 494; TechCrunch and The Register on Merge Labs; Facebook Reality Labs’ 2021 post. |
| Timeline | The same four, plus the Nature paper, Meta’s product announcement, TechCrunch on Mave Health, Xtalks on Halo, Tang and colleagues, and the UNESCO text. |
| The argument | Both Business Insider reports; TechCrunch and The Register on Merge Labs; Facebook Reality Labs’ post; the Nature paper; Meta’s product announcement. |
| What others add | The two regulator databases; the Truvaga, LIFTiD and Neurable pages; TechCrunch on Mave Health; Xtalks and Halo’s own account; Tang and colleagues; the three ultrasound reviews; the UNESCO text. |
| Conclusion | Business Insider in English; TechCrunch and The Register; Facebook Reality Labs’ post; the 510(k) database; the Truvaga page; Tang and colleagues; two of the ultrasound reviews. |
What the evidence base looks like
- 21Sources used on the page
- 6Approached and discarded — blocked, or unreadable without script
- 6That are a party’s own page or post about its own work
- 5Peer-reviewed papers, all read at abstract level only
| Function | How many | What they are |
|---|---|---|
| Reporting | 6 | Two reports of the remarks, two of the funding round, one trade report of an acquisition, one of a product launch. |
| Vendor | 6 | A party’s own pages and posts about its own products, including one post announcing a programme it was ending. |
| Reference | 5 | Peer-reviewed literature: one decoding paper, one engineering paper, three reviews of ultrasonic stimulation. |
| State | 3 | Two regulator databases, queried directly, and one adopted international instrument. |
| Origin | 1 | The publisher’s own description of the episode in which the remarks were made. |
| Community | 0 | None. No forum, comment thread or user account was used as evidence for any claim on the page. |
Reliable
Reliable, but with an interestWorth believing and reliableWeak on both, and used with careHonest, but thin
Worth believing