Here's What's Wrong with Science...

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You misunderstand me completely, ortho. I am not "turning away from science." Quite the opposite. I desire for science's mechanism for ruling out flawed data to work faster and more efficiently, that's all. I am impatient.

I wasn't the one who questioned your qualifications, and I have no desire to get into some sort of personal pissing match with you. I'll readily admit I don't have the qualifications you are looking for. I do hold two separate bachelor's degrees, one of which included upper-division classes in physics, biology, and chemistry. I got a nearly perfect score on my SATs, and when they totaled up all the college credits I accrued through various testing (including AP tests in physics, biology, and chemistry,) I entered as a sophomore halfway through my second year. I finished my two degrees in 3 years total. But no, they weren't hard science degrees.

There are smart researchers out there. The best man at my wedding got his PhD studying the physics of muon spin resonance. He's brilliant. I also know he regularly complained about how several of the other grad students he had to work with were idiots. "Idiot" is relative. If I find a flaw in a study's design in less than 5 minutes, that researcher is an idiot to me, regardless of how smart they may seem to you. Not all researchers are brilliant, and if you think they are, you are missing the point of the system that allows for their work to be weeded out over time.