"It is simply no longer possible to believe much of the clinical research that is published ..." Marcia Angell

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[–]yayblueberries 14 insightful - 3 fun14 insightful - 2 fun15 insightful - 3 fun -  (3 children)

I went to college for the sciences and have worked in the sciences. We're trained to view research as overall trustworthy and a great foundation upon which to build new studies (but to also keep an eye out for bias and studies bought for by companies with an MO). To watch all of that blow up this year is horrifying. I might not even stay in the field after all, after losing my job in it. If everything is lies I might as well go make more money doing something else.

[–]C3P0 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

We all knew pseudo-science studies were just a farce anyways. p-hacking, lack of diversity, willful ignorance of controlling for variables, etc. all just so Mr. Shamash could acquire his Ph.D.

I just stick to real science nowadays.

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

You misread the entire thing imo C3PO. The subject here is the so called hard sciences, specifically medicine.

The quote is saying they aren't really much better than BS pseudo science.

It is the problem called the crisis of reproducibility.

[–]C3P0 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Medicine isn't science generally. Doctors admit to mostly just guessing what is wrong with people--that is why they say, "get a second opinion." Opinions are not science.