Date: Tue, 2 Feb 2010 22:08:29 -0500 From: "J. Colaco < jc>" <[email protected]>
Some years ago ....a Goan doctor - whose questionable study on alcoholism made infamous headlines in the Times of India - wrote to me indicating that most research in India is fudged. I am not sure that this Goan was or is an authority on "research in India". I personally know many ethical research scientists who would never to anything as unethical as fudge for the sake of funding. Mario asks: So, was the Goan doctor fudging or not? BTW, I wonder if the research was "fudged" that showed that eating carrots is a health hazard because 96.766% of those who died over the last five years had ingested carrot products - including carrot fudge - in the 90 days prior to their demise. 95.863% had also ingested milk and milk products during the same period, including all kinds of fudge, which made milk as statistically dangerous as carrots within the factor of error for the sample studied.
