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Precisely. If I want to create weak evidence for a drug, I can just run a few dozen studies and statistics will take care of the rest. Drugs with real, but very
by dougmwne 5y ago
Precisely. If I want to create weak evidence for a drug, I can just run a few dozen studies and statistics will take care of the rest. Drugs with real, but very small effects are also not very useful as they aren't going to move the needle much, and certainly not as much as the quite powerful placebo effect.