mccoy Posted January 6, 2021 Report Share Posted January 6, 2021 This article from Ioannidis seems to be the most accessed in the history of scientific publications (3 million views). Why Most Published Research Findings Are False Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Put Posted January 9, 2021 Report Share Posted January 9, 2021 Good paper, thanks mccoy! And it's become only worse with Covid. The woke mobs tried to cancel Ioannidis, too. Now, all we hear from the media and politicians is "the scientists" made them do it, as if "the scientists" are another monolithic identity group with "truths" that must not be debated, even by other scientists. Again, there may not be an agreed-upon by all diet perfect for all (science is a continuously knowledge-producing discipline, not a dogmatic ideology), but whole fruits, vegetables, and grains are likely a better diet for healthspan than KFC, smoking, and heavy drugs and alcohol consumption.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sibiriak Posted January 10, 2021 Report Share Posted January 10, 2021 For those with a better grasp of statistics than I have: Statistical Errors in the Medical Literature Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mccoy Posted January 10, 2021 Report Share Posted January 10, 2021 Sibiriak, that's really for specialists in biostatistics. The following quote includes some interesting questions from professor Harrel Quote This paper had a fine statistician as a co-author. I can only conclude that the pressure to avoid disappointment with a conclusion of spending a lot of money with little to show for it was in play. Why was such an underpowered study launched? Why do researchers attempt “hail Mary passes”? Is a study that is likely to be futile fully ethical? Do medical journals allow this to happen because of some vested interest? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mgoktas20 Posted January 19, 2021 Report Share Posted January 19, 2021 Watch this and enlight yourself about fruit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mccoy Posted January 19, 2021 Report Share Posted January 19, 2021 Raw vegan diets are too restricted, good for obese people, not too sustainable for most individuals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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