I mentioned once that I was a researcher (not medicine) to someone at a hospital when making smalltalk over the time my wife was in hospital giving birth. She g

I mentioned once that I was a researcher (not medicine) to someone at a hospital when making smalltalk over the time my wife was in hospital giving birth. She got all excited and started explaining her issues with a research supervisor or something who she didn't agree with on methodology. She said something to the effect of 'what does this old guy know of modern research! Nowadays it's all about evidence based research! I found it right here in this book, how much more evidence does he want!' I pretty much literally facepalmed; luckily she interpreted that as agreeing with her...