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[–]Comatoast 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

Well, when you have private companies that can fund research, the results can end up skewed to meet an agenda.

We need research that cannot be funded for gain of anything outside of knowledge and betterment of understanding.

[–]madcow-5 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Unfortunately the same thing happens with government research. Rigorous standards for publication are the only thing that prevents it, and certain fields, like social sciences, have basically lost all standards.

[–]Comatoast 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I'm not sure what we're supposed to do about that though. How can this be changed to where it actually benefits research vs holding it back?

OT as hell, but did you know that there's a 3rd party group that goes between pharmaceutical companies and government funded programs like Medicare to price drugs? Look up information on prescription Nexium and price gouging, it's fucking insane what these people get away with while the general public takes the hit. All of these companies need to have strong repercussions for their actions.

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

But your second line is the general requirement for the research, and was initially the principle behind land grand universities that were funded by state governments. Regulations of university research help develop an honest approach to the research, though of course regulation is also under attack by corporations and certain politicians. International funding for Pfizer and others is also regulated. Yes, corporations can try to skew the data. Thus is why government regulation and investment in educational institutions should be supported.

[–]Comatoast 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

We have pharmaceutical companies funding programs within universities, you can understand how that would cause a problem though, yeah? They're regulated, but they're not regulated enough by any stretch, and for them to be able to go in and fund programs in educational institutions makes me suspicious.