There are other similar situations in other fields, as well as medicine; Robin Hanson had a post last Saturday on "Institutional Review Boards" in academia. Th

There are other similar situations in other fields, as well as medicine; Robin Hanson had a post last Saturday on "Institutional Review Boards" in academia. They are involved in all human research, social as well as medical. http://www.overcomingbias.com/2011/03/against-irbs.html http://www.overcomingbias.com/2011/03/against-irbs.html