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Are you claiming that reproductively is unimportant when multiple studies cover the same area? Do you think so because you imagine errors in the studies would b
by quotemstr 9y ago
Are you claiming that reproductively is unimportant when multiple studies cover the same area? Do you think so because you imagine errors in the studies would be uncorrelated? Not the case: look at the social sciences. Errors are very much coordinated.
- Retric 9y agoThere are many examples where multiple experiments moved from an original bad result and slowly converged to a correct value. People will throw out results that where overly far from what was expected, but the drift is in the correct direction. And really science need not move quickly as long as it continues to converge on accurate answers that's plenty useful. EX: Nutrition research often get's dumped on, but it's far from useless. There are 41 things we know you need or issues will show up: (http://www.nutrientsreview.com/glossary/essential-nutrients http://www.nutrientsreview.com/glossary/essential-nutrients + energy + water) Getting the specifics right is complex and we are working on it. Thiamine deficiency from white rice is the kind of thing you need to get right or die, 'optimal health' is a harder target.