[new cruelty]

Next- Study shows that studies of medical studies are wrong.

[cripplecreek]

You beat me to it.

[Flightdeck]

This is like: "Everything I say is a lie."

[muawiyah]

To change that horrendous statistic, simply ban studies on things that have already been studied.

[darth]

Back when I was doing research I was astounded by the number of studies where the author stated something like, "I selected this particular set of data because it will tend to prove my hypothesis." That said, the recent JAMA issue overstated the results. There is only one way to the Truth, and that is through larger samples with smaller statistical error.

[AbeKrieger]

Now tell me, is the study that determined the accuracy of the other studies subject to the same scrutiny, and if so, is it safe to assume that we have a 2 out of 3 chance of accuracy?

Ah, coffee.

[Jimbaugh]

Doctors need to make a buck. So what if they don't work.

[eagle11]

From the researchers educated in our schools....

[meowmeow]

There is a 33.3% chance that this study is wrong?

[domenad]

So there is a 33.3% chance this study is wrong, but if it is wrong, then the theory that 1/3 of all studies is wrong is correct, hence it is not wrong, but there is a chance that it is wrong and......


WHO'S ON FIRST?

[Puddleglum]

[mlc9852]

I was gonna ask how we know this study isn't wrong? lol

[Reeses]

"We all need to start thinking more critically."

Because we can't trust most scientists. Mixing science and politics produces lies.

[oldbrowser]

"Contradicted and potentially exaggerated findings are not uncommon in the most visible and most influential original clinical research,'' said study author Dr. John Ioannidis, a researcher at the University of Ioannina in Greece.

It seems to me that the reason most original clinical research is exaggerated and controversial is because that is the way hacks generate their federal grants.

"Initial study finds that mother's milk is bad for babies, federal funding for further research is needed."

After further research it turns out is not as serious as they had originally thought.