I certainly agree about that. I always try to find the original paper if I can, or at least the abstract, so I can evaluate how much the writer is glossing over or whether they are giving it a particular slant, or exaggerating what was found. That is in addition to lower level scientists who are simply trying to pad their careers a bit by submitting short, insubstantial reports. I have a scientist friend who edits papers, and he sometimes sends me little snippets of hilariously opaque, indecipherable text that some scientists produce in the biological sciences.
---In [email protected], <turquoiseb@...> wrote : As much as I may agree with you about the trustworthiness of "TM science," my science-writing gig the last couple of years has given me a similar distrust. Not of science per se, but certainly of "science journalism," how science is reported in the general press. It's caused me to realize that the speed with which one clicks on the science article headline is probably related to the article's veracity. The more that the headline is "click-bait" and you just couldn't wait to read it, the less likely it is that the "science" is true. :-) From: "anartaxius@... [FairfieldLife]" <[email protected]> While you can never fully trust science, you can pretty much distrust TMO promoted science as a matter of course. TMO promoted science is about 1% reliable based on various reviews of study size, controls, and experimental design. It's the dumbing down effect of religious memes that prevent researchers from thinking more clearly along scientific lines. It is difficult enough to do science properly without also having to get approval from people whose minds work along the lines of metaphysical fantasy. I don't have to do recreational drugs any more, as the doctors have been loading me up on additional pills and injections as I get older and more decrepit (the latter, according to TMO science is a sign my age is reversing) ---In [email protected], <turquoiseb@...> wrote : You can never fully trust science. Take this study, for example. If Fairfield, IA's claimed reputation as an early-to-bed, fairly drug-free, and fairly non-promiscuous small town is true, all that really means is that its population isn't very intelligent. :-) Research Shows Intelligent People Stay Up Late, Do More Drugs, And Have More Sex http://www.spiritscienceandmetaphysics.com/research-shows-intelligent-people-stay-up-late-do-more-drugs-and-have-more-sex/ http://www.spiritscienceandmetaphysics.com/research-shows-intelligent-people-stay-up-late-do-more-drugs-and-have-more-sex/ Research Shows Intelligent People Stay Up Late, Do More ... http://www.spiritscienceandmetaphysics.com/research-shows-intelligent-people-stay-up-late-do-more-drugs-and-have-more-sex/ By Steven Bancarz| What is the mark of an intelligent mind in our day and age? When we think of intelligent people, we may have been conditioned to envision them ... View on www.spiritscience... http://www.spiritscienceandmetaphysics.com/research-shows-intelligent-people-stay-up-late-do-more-drugs-and-have-more-sex/ Preview by Yahoo
