| | | Sharkie, Does he give any examples? No, then he’s FOS I'm inclined to believe him. (Dr. Richard Horton, that is, not Joachim.)
There are a LOT of scientific studies out there producing data of various quality. Much of it may be unreliable, but that's OK. In fact, we need to keep doing studies, and we need to keep producing the data even if it turns out to be unreliable.
Of course, the key to good science is consistency and reproducibility. When someone "discovers" a link between vaccines and autism, for example, other scientists will try and confirm that link through further studies. If that link cannot be confirmed or reproduced, then the link simply doesn't exist, or it remains unproven.
I'll close with a wonderful quote from Adam Savage of MythBusters:
The difference between science and screwing around is writing it down. Tenchusatsu |
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