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ZenGum · 10-29-2010, 04:16 AM

On the medical research ...
What usually happens when a new field opens up is that dozens of individuals (or teams, usually) publish papers on a topic, review each other, repeat each others experiments, publish, develop further et cetera. After a decade or two, someone does a survey article, collecting, comparing and summarising what has been found and repeatedly tested and survived the scrutiny. This is about the best kind of source there is, scientifically. The findings of this article will be the backbone of the next generation of textbooks.

So the message I take from this finding is a reminder not to get too excited about one, or even a couple of articles with a new finding. Anything less than 3 yeas old is insufficiently tested, anything more than 10 is probably out of date.

Oh and did anyone notice, if this is medical research and 90% of medical research is wrong, there is a 90% chance this guy is wrong?

10-29-2010, 04:16 AM	#22
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	On the medical research ... What usually happens when a new field opens up is that dozens of individuals (or teams, usually) publish papers on a topic, review each other, repeat each others experiments, publish, develop further et cetera. After a decade or two, someone does a survey article, collecting, comparing and summarising what has been found and repeatedly tested and survived the scrutiny. This is about the best kind of source there is, scientifically. The findings of this article will be the backbone of the next generation of textbooks. So the message I take from this finding is a reminder not to get too excited about one, or even a couple of articles with a new finding. Anything less than 3 yeas old is insufficiently tested, anything more than 10 is probably out of date. Oh and did anyone notice, if this is medical research and 90% of medical research is wrong, there is a 90% chance this guy is wrong? __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.