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Pros
The stakes are very high when it comes to scientific research. Knowing the scope and nature of the problem is enormously valuable.
This book is well-researched, level-headed and easy to read. It does a great job of looking at how research is done along with guidelines and recommendations for how it should be done. Well written and informative.
Richard harris argues that diminishing returns is creating real problems for science. Despite the best intentions of hundreds of whistleblowers, and an institutional recognition that things need to change, much of the medical research funded by tax mo... Read More
Cons
A bit more on how research can be done properly would have made for a more balanced discussion. There will be spurious results that satisfy a given threshold.
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Quality
Over the past 40 years theres been little to no progress in treating conditions like depression als schizophrenia autism alzhei... Read More
Judged on the number of published papers not on the quality
“begley insisted that the first step of any research project would be to have company scientists repeat the experiment to see i... Read More
After all when you have to spend half your time working on grant applications you have a lot less time to spend on improving th... Read More
Packaging/appearance
However the only way to determine if a mistake has been made in a publication is for another scientist to have access to experi... Read More
They will more likely look the wrong way to decide on the problem
Competitiveness
Data sharing in biomedical science lags far behind other fields due to intense competition for funding
Rigor mortis how sloppy science creates worthless cures crushes hope and wastes billions is a brandnew book by the highly rever... Read More
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medical, many, biomedical, good and scientific. - Our engine has profiled the reviewer patterns and has determined that there is minimal deception involved.
- Our engine has determined that the review content quality is high and informative.
- Our engine has discovered that over 80% high quality reviews are present.
- This product had a total of 126 reviews as of our last analysis date on May 25 2022.
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The references on the cover to “sloppy science” creating “worthless cures” and wasting billions show that the publishers of this book are far from free economic pressures
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And no one publishes when their hypothesis fails
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Scientists rely on their own individual judgments to decide which stories come closer to the truth absolute truth is forever out of reach
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