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It's possible for a paper to concur with the majority (or even objectively correct) consensus and still have issues with it's methodology. Imagine a paper that
by Macha 4y ago
It's possible for a paper to concur with the majority (or even objectively correct) consensus and still have issues with it's methodology.
Imagine a paper that proved 2+2=4 by surveying preschoolers and going with the majority vote. Correct conclusion, questionable methodology.
- erokar 4y agoFor sure. Conflicts of interest are too common in nutrition research, and I think the criticism of this particular paper is laudable. I simply wanted to point out that there is significant indications from other studies that red meat, and in particular processed red meat, is correlated with heart disease (and cancer).