So I guess you aren't a fan of ivermectin. "It won a nobel prize, you know."
Yes, not the researchers for their work on the substance as an anti-parasitic, but Ivermectin itself! So say fans of using it as a 'cure' over getting vaccinated.
The person who is the sketchiest when it comes to ego dominating research, is Robert Malone.
Anyway, great article. You are an admirable person with integrity. A rarity nowadays. And...as you mention, so much of that rests on pressure for income, from people who are catching mistakes and have to go along to get along!
You are better equipped intellectually than most of us to delve into the minutiae of scientific studies, and it's illuminating the process you go through. What gets me is that so many will politicize science, such as with the COVID-19 pandemic, as if the pundits and politicians have more expertise than scientists who live and breathe this stuff. They seize on any scientific error or disproven study to denigrate the scientific process in general, yet they live their lives willfully ignorant of the benefits that science has brought them. Studies funded by organizations that refuse to accept facts that could affect their profits shouldn't be allowed at all. Why do they even bother? They may just as well pretend they did a study so they can put out the misinformation they want the public to believe.
Sometimes organizations do just pretend to do a study and publish what they want. That's part of why it's so important for an entirely separate research team to replicate a study and get the same results before the study can be fully accepted as true.
Money so easily corrupts things. Research, workplace safety, the environment, politics...
I am grateful to be able to delve into studies to the extent that I can. Many people don't have the time and haven't gotten the practice. To a frightening extent we are at the mercy of decisions made by people in authority. Those authorities may not have good information, or they may not understand it themselves and can easily choose the wrong people to translate it into plainer language for them. I don't know how to solve that problem. I wish I did.
So I guess you aren't a fan of ivermectin. "It won a nobel prize, you know."
Yes, not the researchers for their work on the substance as an anti-parasitic, but Ivermectin itself! So say fans of using it as a 'cure' over getting vaccinated.
The person who is the sketchiest when it comes to ego dominating research, is Robert Malone.
Anyway, great article. You are an admirable person with integrity. A rarity nowadays. And...as you mention, so much of that rests on pressure for income, from people who are catching mistakes and have to go along to get along!
Thanks, but you're only seeing my best side here. I make at least my share of mistakes. Sometimes whoppers.
No, I'm not a fan of ivermectin, let alone its loudest proponent.
Ego gets in the way at a lot of endeavors. It's just particularly harmful when it affects medicine and health care.
You are better equipped intellectually than most of us to delve into the minutiae of scientific studies, and it's illuminating the process you go through. What gets me is that so many will politicize science, such as with the COVID-19 pandemic, as if the pundits and politicians have more expertise than scientists who live and breathe this stuff. They seize on any scientific error or disproven study to denigrate the scientific process in general, yet they live their lives willfully ignorant of the benefits that science has brought them. Studies funded by organizations that refuse to accept facts that could affect their profits shouldn't be allowed at all. Why do they even bother? They may just as well pretend they did a study so they can put out the misinformation they want the public to believe.
Sometimes organizations do just pretend to do a study and publish what they want. That's part of why it's so important for an entirely separate research team to replicate a study and get the same results before the study can be fully accepted as true.
Money so easily corrupts things. Research, workplace safety, the environment, politics...
I am grateful to be able to delve into studies to the extent that I can. Many people don't have the time and haven't gotten the practice. To a frightening extent we are at the mercy of decisions made by people in authority. Those authorities may not have good information, or they may not understand it themselves and can easily choose the wrong people to translate it into plainer language for them. I don't know how to solve that problem. I wish I did.