This is one of the problems with the perception of science -- which is that scientists always are right. They're not. Falsifying existing claims is part of sc

This is one of the problems with the perception of science -- which is that scientists always are right. They're not. Falsifying existing claims is part of science. If no claims were ever debunked then I'd be suspicious that it was more faith than science. With that said, sloppy research does happen. And Ioannidis has pointed this out. But pointing out that there's a high correlation between people who eat blueberries and IQ, in one study is useful. It's not a conclusive -- especially since there was no hypothesis going in. But it gives the pretext for double-blind studies. It advances science. Of course, there is also flat out corruption, which I have no answers for. That's just part of human life.