> In the real world you've got to work to overcome previously held positions. That work is conducting rigorous studies and meta-analyses, not talking to dishon

> In the real world you've got to work to overcome previously held positions. That work is conducting rigorous studies and meta-analyses, not talking to dishonest journalists whose goal is to twist the findings, instead of report them honestly. The article addresses this, with the example of Tamiflu, where layers of "fact checking" were abused to inflate its effectiveness and keep spending government funds on it. Talking to spin-doctors just gives them ammo. If they can't twist your words, they just ignore them. There is no up-side.