Ask HN: Does announcing a discovery reduce its effectiveness?

I have been reading a lot about how "effective" flex-work is and how recent studies are showing some decently researched data. My question is about whether or not it is in the best interest of "society" to widely report on the matter. Does telling the test subject change the results?

I feel that the data is positively reflected because the idea is "new and scary", so only the brave attempt it, and because they feel the pressure they succeed. But what happens when it becomes the norm and a boss isn't scared to have his/her workforce remote in because "the data says it works".

Will the blind acceptance of the results lead to a future decrease in the effectiveness of flex-work as a whole?