@ringo

Interesting the authors were medical doctors!

Those guys had knowledge whereas most of our medical doctors today are just really good at memorising algorithms after somehow skating by through organic chemistry and stats for beginners.

@pamby1
What do you mean?
We don't know everything and it is still possible to do ones job correctly with all the proper knowledge required.
@Andre @ringo

@rastinza @Andre @ringo I just mean that it's my impression that some scientists today are not open to new information & just about stroke out if someone's opinion deviates from what a
"consensus of scientists" says is fact. As if democracy, not the scientific method, determines facts.

@pamby1
The scientific method is, in fact, based on consensus.
While a black swan observation does indicate that the theory that all swans are white might be wrong, the single observation is not enough to disprove an affirmed and working theory.
@Andre @ringo

@pamby1
Then again, it's also true some people are not open to new information, but I don't think this is one of the main problems of the scientific community at the moment.
@Andre @ringo

@rastinza @pamby1 @ringo

Peer review as a substitute for replication, along with funding bias for political/ideological ends are the main problems as I see it.

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@Andre
Peer review is not a substitute for replication, and at times stuff is replicated during peer review.
There are many problems with peer review that often make it practically valueless.
Founding biases are definitely there and they're a big problem, but I wouldn't say political/ideological ones are so important; maybe that's just because my field of research is not so politically exposed.
Plenty of funding biases often lead research towards proving points and ignoring other ones to promote certain industries and their practices, which could otherwise be deemed as dangerous or useless.
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